injustice

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/jan1999/tex-j15.shtml

Thats the case its on.

Our system has alot of flaws these days, and i think the main reason behind that is the level of crime and the amount of people in the United States. Our legal system has much improved since the 16th century and now the flaws in our system are pointless rules and laws that make things way to difficult. For instance in the case of Farris vs. the state of Texas, Farris was convicted of murder in the first degree of a county The court excluded a juror that was against the death penalty; later on the supreme court ruled that the exclusion of a juror on the grounds that they don't support the death penalty is not legal. The state court decided to allow Farris to reappeal. But since his lawyers were trying to reappeal at a federal level the state courts decision didn't affect the case, and Farris was still put to death.

I think it is pretty obvious how unfair that is to Farris, who was most likely innocent and would have been freed if given the chance to reappeal. It must have been horrible for a lwayer to look an innocent man straight in the eye and say "Theres nothing i can do." Stories like this one make me cringe at the complications of our legal system. The system should be much more simple and easier to avoid improper endings like this one.

Why are we reading the crucible?

         Well it seems to me we are reading The Crucible by Arthur Miller to learn about several things at once. Its like hitting two birds with one stone. We learn about a historical event, and we learn about literature stuff like plays, literary analysis, vocabulary, and other stuff. Reading books like this one is a great way to gather a bunch of knowledge and get high schoolers to digest it in a short amount of time.

          Another reason we are reading this book is so we can use the moral lessons taught in the book in our own lives. For instance, we learn from John Proctor that adultery will vanquish any and all trust from a relationship. There are alot of lessons that we can learn from reading books like this one.