Criminal Justice SystemTRENDS AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Police Misconduct Trends (Jan-Dec 2010)
Police Corruption
Statistical layouts show 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.
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