Comparative Criminal Justice

Student’s Name

Institutional Affiliation

Course Number and Name

Instructor Name`

Due date

Comparative Criminal Justice

For a person who has committed a crime in the United States, it would be their wish to be given the least harsh punishment. However, that is not always the case, and sometimes the person is given a sentence or judgment they never expected. In a hypothetical situation where I am accused of a felony and have to be tried, there are countries I would least want to be tried in and others I would wish to be tried in. this is because some countries have rigorous legal justice. In contrast, others are very flexible and are not very rough with their legal systems. If I were accused of a felony, I would like to be tried in Great Britain. However, I would least like to be tested in China. This paper discusses the reasons as to why I would like to be tried in the United Kingdom and not in china.

The United States of America has a history that highly involves great Britain. This comes from the fact that Great Britain colonized the first 13 initial states of America. Therefore, from there, the union’s founders came up with the declaration of freedom and, later on, articles of the federation. This means that the fathers of the confederation had a significant borrowing from the English people. This includes the language as well. The other reason is that Great Britain prohibits capital punishment, and the same also happens in most of the states of America. Apart from that, in the United Kingdom, there is a very high encouragement that the locals should see to it that justice is done within the guidelines of the national government, and the same is the case in the United States. This information suggests that it is straightforward for an American to fit into the life of the United Kingdom and not feel completely lost. This also means that the laws that will bind me are somehow familiar to me, and I will know how to defend myself.

On the other hand, in China, life is entirely different from that in America. First of all, in America, there is freedom, and people can track what the rest of the world is doing. In China, it is challenging to get information from the outside world due to censorship by the government. This first of all means I will have little knowledge about their justice system. Second, china allows capital punishment, and I would hate to die young; it is better to be imprisoned than die. The other thing is that a large percentage of china, or rather the political side, does not like America because of the economic battle. Even though there is no proof that I can be treated inhumanely, the possibility is high, and I would hate that. The other thing is that the Chinese use their language, and therefore without interpretation, it will be difficult for me to understand everything they are saying. From the fact that china allows capital punishment, their justice system seems to be tough, and therefore my fundamental rights are not considered. Therefore, I would not consider being tried in this country very dangerous and not good at all.

Reference

Dammer, H. R., & Albanese, J. S. (2013). Comparative criminal justice systems. Cengage Learning.