Where to Begin?

In Jonathan's article "Incarceration for the Innocents" he makes the argument that the United States holds the world's highest incarceration rate in the world in both national and state prisons. The amount of persons being incarcerated for misdemeanors is crazy. The justice system of America really needs improvement. I do agree with incarcerating those who have done serious felonies and incarcerating those who have done minimal crimes can be avoided. It is very true that there are millions of dollars being spend to house these prisoners and you would think money is not invested into keeping these prisoners alive. The idea of incarcerating someone for a misdemeanor sounds outrages but then I think about how safe this country is compared to others.

On an other note, many innocent people have been convicted of felonies. These people spend years in prison for something they did not do and all the time they spend in prison away from their love ones can never be repaid. Many cases go into jurisdiction with a bias already set and few really have the benefit of the doubt. Even though this country offers much protection it really lack an appropriate legal system.