Racial injustice in the US criminal Justice System(politics)

political opinions

public opinion

unequal sentencing

racial prejudice

legislation

political theory

opinion of "black people are dangerous"

sentencing based on race

gaps in the sentencing laws

different punishments for the same crime

racism

political-racist opinion

judge bias

jury bias

slavery

13th points out how much harm can be caused by slavery, even though the constitution negates such a possibility. DuVernay explores the loopholes created by the 13th amendment to the American

The 13th effectively demonstrates that criminalization has been a persistent feature of anti-Black racism

The film explores the "intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States;" it is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865, which abolished slavery throughout the United States and ended involuntary servitude except as a punishment for conviction

he crossroads of justice, mass incarceration and race in the United States. In 1865 the Thirteenth Amendment was passed, and slavery was put to an end, but in this film, it talks about the amendment's exception clause

political figures abuse the gaps in legislation and laws and use it for their own good(war on drugs)

the law works in favor of rich people

American jurisprudence and law have profoundly shaped, defined, and constrained the lives of Black people for over 400 years. Racial inequality has extremely deep roots in American society, and our Constitution, statutes, court cases, and regulations not only bear witness to this, but are often the source of it.beginning with the first known case marking the legal difference between Africans and Europeans in 1640 in Virginia, and continuing with laws recently introduced in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and other Black Americans.