Due 9/24 | Criminal homework help

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For this unit’s Complete assignment, write a comprehensive scholarly essay (minimum 2000 words) in which you analyze, explain, and apply these concepts in the context of a criminal justice organizational issue. You must incorporate and cite, using correct APA citation format, at least four different scholarly research sources. In-line citations must be used in the body of your essay, and all research sources must be fully cited at the conclusion of your essay. Correct APA citation formats must be used.

The following elements should be included in your essay:

These chapters (5 & 6) examine the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities in the courts. They examine both the pretrial as well as trial and adjudication phases. After reading these chapters respond to the following questions or statements:

· Summarize how the right to counsel has been interpreted by the United States Supreme Court. How does the current system of providing legal counsel to indigent defendants comport with rulings of the court?

· Describe how decisions regarding bail and charging are influenced by race and ethnicity. How does this affect sentence severity?

· Discuss the role of race and ethnicity in the jury selection process. How does practice of preemptory challenges affect jury pools?

· Explain Paul Butler’s argument in support of “racially based jury nullification”. Explain his position on non-violent versus violent crimes? 

· Explain the meaning of Randall Kennedy’s statement that playing the race card in a criminal trial is “virtually always morally and legally wrong”.  

· Choose either Kennedy’s or Butler’s position and argue in support of one of them. Don’t simply repeat their arguments, add some additional supporting material.