The judicial system in our world has undergone a lot of changes in its history. In the days of our ancestors they would often have a town meeting to determine the fate of a criminal. Thousands of years before that, they would have tribe meetings to determine whether or not someone would remain in the tribe if they committed a crime.

Here in today's society we have commercialized crime. It is quite sad to think that the history of crime has evolved so much because in today's society we would rather lock someone up instead of trying to help them. The United States is a prime example of a country that has commercialised crime.

Criminals go to jail, and running a jail costs money. Prisons are becoming overpopulated in the United States because their judicial system is very quick to judge. It makes business sense to keep the jails full because they employ a lot of people. (more...)