Criminal Justice

SystemTRENDS AND ANALYSIS REPORT

Police Misconduct Trends (Jan-Dec 2010)

A recent report shows an upward trend

Excessive Force - Most problematic

Controversial Cases

Excessive Use of Force

Rodney King beating (1991)

Abner Louima beating (1997)

Police Homicide

Amadou Diallo (2000)

Police Corruption (Jan – Dec 2010)

Police Misconduct

4,861 reported cases

6,826 alleged victims

247 fatalities

$346,512,800 (monetary loss)

Civil judgments

Settlements

Court costs

attorney fees

Total Prison Population The United States have more people in prison than entire world.

China’s population is five times more than the US and only has 500,000 people in prison

Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Oklahoma have more people in prison for life compared to other states

US Federal Prison Population

• Ramzi Yousef is serving a life sentence for masterminding the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center.

• Bernie Madoff is serving over a years in prison for his involvement in the world’s worst financial scheme in US History

• Ted Kaczysnki, better known as the Unabomber, is serving a life sentence for a mail bombing spree that lasted more than 20 years.

Police Misconduct

The majority of the

cases involving police

corruption are

concentrated in

California, Arizona,

Florida, Texas, and Michigan

Prison Population

Perception of injustice in the US Criminal Justice System

Racial Disparities

Income Inequality

Constitutional & Civil Rights Violations

Judicial Decisions

and the Abuse Power

3,278 are serving life imprisonment without parole for petty crimes.

Map of prisoners

serving a life

sentence

• Attempting to cash a stolen check

• A junk-dealer’s possession of stolen junk metal

• Possession of stolen wrenches

• Shoplifting two jerseys from an athletic store

• Taking a television, circular saw, and a power converter from a vacant house