Tucker

The minute Tucker started speaking you could tell that he was an opinionated but genuine person. The Mississippi Innocence Project is an organization which seeks fair trials for current prisoners who claim innocence and false conviction due to the unjust legal system in Mississippi. One of the things that I most enjoyed about Tuckers' talk was his discussion of the linkage between education and the legal system and the discourse surrounding criminals in this nation. I think that the manner in which criminals are discussed and discarded in this nation is one of the biggest problems in the country; and one that is inevitably tied to racism and classicism. I thought Tucker's discussion on the environment under which an investigation is conducted and how certain environments can prevent the truth from being found out was really interesting, especially how it relates to the way criminals are constructed by society. I think that the construction of criminals by the media and by the legal system is one of the many ways in which poor and minority communities are continually dismissed by both the government and the citizens of the nation. Tucker's point about education for lawyers and those involved in the legal system and making them aware of the systemic injustices which face all accused criminals provided a fresh prospective on education in this nation and social reform.