In some countries, some criminal trials in law courts are shown on television so that the general public can watch.
Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
The practice of televising criminal trials has been gaining interest over the last decades and has been applied widely worldwide. It is evident that the advantages of broadcasting criminal court cases far outweigh the drawbacks as it will greatly promote laws and justice due to its transparency.
Broadcasting criminal trials on TV can potentially cause prolonged discrimination and reinforce stereotypes in some countries. For example, there was a typical case broadcasting in the US in which two black innocent men were put on trial for allegedly sexually harassing a child. This sparked public outcry and violence aimed at the alleged offenders, who eventually were given a pardon by the judges after years later. However, the national broadcast of the trial, coupled with biased mass media constantly reporting the case at the onset of the event, had fundamentally fueled widespread hostility against the black community as the images of dark-skin people associated with negative things embedded deep in the mind of the citizens even though these two men were found not-guilty eventually years after the incidence. Consequently, such hostility even morphed into physical violence against black people in many sections of the professional world, causing unfair treatment in areas of life and dividing the country further.
Nevertheless, one of the chief advantages of showing court trials on TV is to provide transparency and deterrence. In some countries where the judicial system is corrupted and thus not trusted by the citizens, most legal proceedings are conducted behind closed doors. Therefore, it would be a practical step toward greater justice by televising court cases that the public can supervise. This could not only help reduce the probability of misconduct and unfair verdicts rendered by the judges and all parties involved in a court case but also provide educational values to those who lack legal knowledge, thereby helping the whole legal system gain trust and confidence among the people through transparency. In addition, public exposure to criminal trials can deter potential lawbreakers as they realize they can be subject to public humiliation and stringent legal consequences if they have any ill intentions of breaking laws.
In conclusion, despite the possibility of public discrimination caused by televising criminal trials, the benefits of enhanced transparency, public education, and deterrence are more significant.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 1029, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... life and dividing the country further. Nevertheless, one of the chief advantage...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, however, if, nevertheless, so, therefore, thus, for example, in addition, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 13.1623246493 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 14.0 24.0651302605 58% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 41.998997996 124% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.3376753507 144% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2091.0 1615.20841683 129% => OK
No of words: 376.0 315.596192385 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.56117021277 5.12529762239 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40348946061 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98928480063 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 229.0 176.041082164 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.609042553191 0.561755894193 108% => OK
syllable_count: 646.2 506.74238477 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 28.0 20.2975951904 138% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 81.8963842394 49.4020404114 166% => OK
Chars per sentence: 160.846153846 106.682146367 151% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.9230769231 20.7667163134 139% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.61538461538 7.06120827912 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.67935871743 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.9879759519 176% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.249857172322 0.244688304435 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0875981819379 0.084324248473 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0569620026003 0.0667982634062 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.145876467736 0.151304729494 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0443275292092 0.056905535591 78% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.2 13.0946893788 147% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 34.6 50.2224549098 69% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 11.3001002004 136% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.56 12.4159519038 125% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.32 8.58950901804 120% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 78.4519038076 161% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 10.1190380762 130% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.