Well...
My mom likes to listen to podcasts, and she started one in the fall of 2014. It's called Serial and like its name, it releases a new podcast every week that is a continuation of the previous. And I admit, I was just as hooked on the podcast as she was, and couldn't wait for the next one.
The podcast was an investigative story on a 1999 trial where a senior from Baltimore named Adnan Syed was convicted guilty of murdering his ex girlfriend after she disappeared from school one day. He claims he is innocent and recently a new witness has surfaced claiming they can testify his alibi the night Hae Min Lee was murdered. The whole season is about host Sarah Koenig digging into the case after that witness who could free Syed disappears again. Now 35, Syed is getting another hearing due to inadequate evidence and legal representation.
I know this all sounds super lame and nerdy but podcasts are super cool and you should listen to Serial season one. Season two just started November 24 and its just as super awesome as season one. Just sayin' ;) ;)
Anyway, back to the book. This all relates to the injustice and corruption the law has shown through out history.
"We know all men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us believe--some people are smarter than others, some people have more opportunity because they're born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies make better cakes than other--some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men.
'But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal--there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court...Our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal.'" (Lee 274)
In Tom Robinson's case, the law was not in his favor, nor in any black person's for that matter at the time. The same is the case with Hae Min Lee's murder. I personally believe that he Adnan is innocent, but he was convicted guilty when the corrupt justice system assumed the case was just another stereotypical jealous ex boyfriend kills his ex girlfriend.
Stereotypes.
So often do people assume and stereotype in the justice system in order to move cases along. Its a sure sign of laziness. It's not until people uncover these unjust cases and bring it to higher authorities's attention, that there is real justice.
Anyway, back to the book. This all relates to the injustice and corruption the law has shown through out history.
"We know all men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us believe--some people are smarter than others, some people have more opportunity because they're born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies make better cakes than other--some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men.
'But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal--there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court...Our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal.'" (Lee 274)
In Tom Robinson's case, the law was not in his favor, nor in any black person's for that matter at the time. The same is the case with Hae Min Lee's murder. I personally believe that he Adnan is innocent, but he was convicted guilty when the corrupt justice system assumed the case was just another stereotypical jealous ex boyfriend kills his ex girlfriend.
Stereotypes.
So often do people assume and stereotype in the justice system in order to move cases along. Its a sure sign of laziness. It's not until people uncover these unjust cases and bring it to higher authorities's attention, that there is real justice.
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