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White Privilege/Leniency - Coggle Diagram
White Privilege/Leniency
Vincent Chin
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On June 23, 1982, at 9:50 pm., Vincent died" (26)
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Judge Kaufman
"This was just another case. This wasn't anything unusual. This kind of thing happens regularly." (112)
"When Judge Kaufman said 'You don't make the punishment fit the crime; you make the punishment fit the criminal,' he uses that to excuse their behavior," (114)
"We're talking here about a man who's held down a responsible job with the same company for seventeen or eighteen years and his son who is employed and is a part-time student. These men are not going to go out and harm somebody else. I just didnt think putting them in prision would do any good for them or for society. You dont make the punishment fit the crime; you make the punishment fit the criminal" (62)
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The Case/Decison
"Perhaps I should have said 'I am going to delay this thing and give you an opportunity to recharge the man.' I take the blame. Perhaps I should have done that. Perhaps I should have stopped the proceedings. I didn't do that." (142)
"we dropped the ball" he said noting that only the coverage of Vincent Chin's death was the initial ..." (106)
"You can kill a dog and get thirty days in jail, ninety for a traffic ticket" (76)
" Probation. Three thousand dollars. That was it. Judge Kaufman's sentence meant that Ebens and Nitz would never spend a signel day in jail for killing Vincent Chin. They could go home." (62)
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