Para 3- Legal Rights

Every American citizen has the right to legal representation in the form of legal representation.
Even when suspects cannot afford their own representation they will be provided with a state funded one.
They also all have the right to be tried in front of a jury
This is supposed to dispel inequalities between the rich and poor
HOWEVER white collar crime sentence rates are much lower than any other crime.
Because less likely to recieve sentence as can afford better lawyer.
Therefore inequalities do still exist between rich and poor.
Also African Americans are 4 times more likely to be stopped by the police so a slight amount of discrimination is seen here as well. Could attribute to high african american prison pop.

	Created by hannah_8865 over 12 years ago

Modern Studies Note on American Dream, created by hannah_8865 on 04/30/2013.