Judge Catalano Musslim Court Case

You basically just responding to the student post what you felt enlightening and compelling. You agree or disagree with the response

Student paper down below:

From an assessment of the family situations, community support, and employment situations, one can offer several reasons the judge rendered such decisions to the two individuals. Mr. Catalano has been issues with a ten year probation sentence where if he violates the probation would be required to serve the remaining portion of the sentence in the state prison. In my opinion, the judge is very lenient to him unlike in the other case since he has been convicted with manslaughter and is a past offender having been involved in assault and possession of narcotics. The judge must have considered his employment and family situation before offering the sentence. Mr. Catalano works at the local bank where he has been an employee for the past five years. The judge is also lenient because the man has a wife and two children and is thereby the breadwinner for the family.
In the second case, Mr. Jabari has been sentenced to seven years in the state prison after being charged with the distribution of prescription drugs. The judge seems to be very harsh in sentencing Mr. Jabari compared to Mr. Catalano who is on probation despite being charged with manslaughter. Mr. Jabari does not have a lawyer and depends on the one appointed by the court. His employment situation as a chef is not stable compared to that of the banker. The decision could have been rendered because of a drug problem within the society. The judge thinks that a prison sentence for Mr. Jabari would act as a form of deterrence to other people in the society who may want to distribute prescription drugs to members of the public.
The judge can support his decisions in several ways. In the case of Mr. Catalano, he can say that the man plays a critical role in the society at the bank and thereby a prison sentence would reduce his contribution to the society. In the second case, the judge may support the decision through suggesting that distribution of the drugs harm many people in the society and thereby a prison sentence would ensure deterrence and rehabilitation of the suspect. In my opinion, the judge was biased when issuing the sentences. The bias could be based on the religion of Mr. Jabari who is a Muslim. The demonstration outside could have an adverse effect on the sentencing since it may threaten the judge and the ruling that he makes. The demonstration offers undue pressure that could affect the ruling of the court case.
The first case troy Davis v. the US criminal justice system. Davis was convicted and executed for the murder of a policeman. The sentence was unfair because the jury selection was composed of white people who quickly dished the death sentence to the suspect. After his execution, there came reports that the sentence had been issued unfairly and thereby an innocent man could have been executed wrongly by the United States judicial system ( Bowman, 47) . The second case involves the representation of people of color in courts. In most of the courts across the country, most of the lawyers are white people and this means that they can easily defend white people. On the other hand, people of color are left to be represented by lawyers who are appointed by the courts and this leads to poor representation thereby harsher sentences for the suspects from colored communities .