Social media's role in high-profile crime cases and sentencing reform

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Understanding social myths

It is true that the stories should not get exposure in the media because of their status in the public. Most of the public believe that such crimes are impossible. Exposing the story about harming women would make it possible for others in the public to commit the same because of the view that it is a common happening. This gross crime should not be in the media for the public to see. Further, there should be exercising of death penalty against the individual carrying out cannibalism since (death penalty) is the best way to prevent other people from carrying out the crime. Death penalty is the best way of proving the effect of the crime to the society hence most people will take the crime as having far-reaching effect. In the end, nobody would like to die, hence this will act as deterrence for people who would like to involve in the crime. It is also true that internet chat rooms enforce security threats in the society because of the privacy offered. Individuals from different regions can discuss schemes of carrying out a crime without the security realizing the plans. It is not easy to track the individuals because of the little details about them; consequently, fee for the chat rooms would help in providing the required details that can help in tracking the individuals.

Steubenville High School Football Players' Rape Trial

I agree with the reply that the exposing the case to the public would deny the teenage girl the required privacy. Rape cases require privacy for the victims in order for the individual to expose all the happenings. However, exposure would make the individual fear for her reputation in the public thereby restricting her in the provision of evidence. Further, I also agree with the opinion that the alleged witnesses, who videotaped the situation, should also be responsible for the crime. The witness has no credibility since they were also in the rape scene meaning they also had closer touch to the crime. The most appropriate action, for the alleged witness, was to report immediately to the police instead of capturing the unpleasant event. I also agree to the use of media recovery devices to help in recovering the deleted record. The police cannot afford loosing the evidence since it is the most appropriate way of deciding on the case. The police should be in custody of the devices that can help in retrieving deleted media because this act as a way of securing evidences in the public.

Juvenile prisons

I support the view that keeping the youths in a juvenile prison should involve querying an interactive database about the individual. This provides the court with enough information to determine the susceptibility of the individual associating to the mental health problems or the substance abuse. Further, the interactive database and the normal court procedures help in determining the magnitude of the crime. This helps in determining whether Juvenile prison should be the appropriate, if high level, or a non-criminal environment, if low level. The diversification will help in reducing the burden of the criminal justice system in remedying the mental health and substance abuse cases (Hancock & Sharp, 2004).

Reference

Kraska, P., & Brent, J. (2011).Theorizing Criminal Justice: Eight Essential Orientations (2nd

Edition). Long Grove, (ISBN: 978-1-57766-663-9)

Hancock, B., & Sharp, P. (2004).Criminal Justice in America (3rd Edition).Upper Saddle River,

NY: Prentice Hall (ISBN: 978-0-13098-411-1)