Central Park Five and Scotts Brothers - Article Example

I) Miscarriage of justice (or not)--be specific about what laws or constitutional rights were violated--for both Central Park Five and for Scottsboro Boys Miscarriage of justice is evident in the two cases. As Burns et al (2012) indicate, it is true that Raymond, Kevin, Antron, Yusef and Kharey witnessed weird behaviors in the park, but I am of the assessment that it was not their responsibility to investigate if it was a rape case. Forcing them to confess to the rape case is indeed illegal.

The same applies to Scottsboro Boys who were falsely accused of the rape of two women in 1931 whilst on a train (Goodman, 2013). The constitutional right to have proper evidence prior to sentencing was violated. II) Your opinion: Is the crime of rape/sexual assault (in the content of these two cases--if the initial reports had been well-founded)--a race crime; a class crime; a gender crime? In my opinion, the crime of rape/sexual assault in the context of these two cases is a race crime. It is imagined that since the Black and Latino boys were around when the rape cases occurred, they are expected to have a link with the occurrence.

Black and Latino have long been linked to crime cases.III) Role of the press--in each situation?  For Scottsboro Boys, the press mobilized the public to always consider the sentence on the boys a miscarriage of justice. The media always questioned the way in which the case was conducted. The same applied for The Central Park Five that had the press always insisting that the boys were innocent and the case was simply made-up. IV) Most notable fact (or)--What fact (or factor) in each of the two cases would you consider most remarkable/outrageous/egregious?

For the two cases, the fact that I consider most contemptible is the reality that the youth of the boys in question was robbed. For The Central Park Five, I am shocked that the police ignored there existing no physical evidence (Burns et al., 2012). For Scottsboro Boys, I am surprised that only black boys were arrested (Goodman, 2013). ReferencesBurns, K., Burns, S., McMahon, D. (dir). & McMahon, D. (prod.) (2012). The Central Park Five. Washington, DC, US: Florentine Films.Goodman, J. (2013).

Stories of Scottsboro. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.