Movie on Thur: Not the America I have been taught to know...

The movie on Thursday, for myself at least, served as a bit of an eye opener on the way this country is run. So much corruption and lack of justice runs this country behind closed doors. Many of those men that appeared in the movie appeared to have very VERY strong cases to prove there own innocence, yet have been kept quiet for quite some time without the chance to show this. I remember one account where he had been trying to gather his evidence for the past 17 years just to prove that he didn't do it. This is a LONG LONG time to have to passively wait to prove a crime that you did not commit. Also the one chance that one man got to show that he was innocent in the rape case, his evidence was overlooked quite unfairly. He was served unjustly and it enrages me that such actions go on in this country that I call home.

Another subject that came up in this video that got me upset was the fact that these men that have been sent to prision are forced to work... sometimes starting at a mere 4 cents, working in the fields as slaves no less. The fact that the prison is set upon an old plantation itself doesn't upset me, just the fact that it is still run as such. On the bright side these men have a chance on getting a raise all the way to 20 cents! *rolls eyes* This just gets me enraged. These men are exploited to work for mere nothing to make millions for others. This is WRONG!! Even if these men are all 100% guilty for the crimes they are found to commit, they still should not be forced to work for such wages! In no way can this be justified. FOUR CENTS FOR GOD SAKES!! AHHHHHH... bottomline... I now have a bit of compassion for some of those men and a bit of hatred towards the system.

The fact that this is what our system is built upon today is appaling. This can actually relate to the Penal Colony. The system sentences a harsh and serioius sentencing, but fails to serve any sort of justice. People are given life sentences of crimes that very much point out that they aren't the criminals. They are sentenced just to please the victim, without any real sort of comfort. The system fails to even really give them a chace to defend themselves once convited. It is wrong and makes me quite upset!