- Is what CLH does “justice”?
No. I think justice for those two men would be rotting in a prison cell for the rest of their life. But Carl Lee Haley knew that that wouldn't happen and it was possible they may not even be convicted so he tried to get his own justice.
2. Why does CLH commit this crime?
Carl Lee Haley killed them before the trial because he thought that they would not receive justice through the justice system. He was furious because of what they did to his daughter and knew that
3. What should CLH’s punishment be?
I think he should be punished. He should not have murdered them especially before the ruling was made. I think he should go to jail but not for that long. Maybe 2-3 years. The boys definitely deserved what CLH did to them, but once they were in custody he should have waited for the results.
4. No justice is not the same for white people as it is to everyone else. If a black man committed those crimes the would have been locked up for a very long time, but if the trial had been finished the two white men would have probably received a less harsh punishment. There was a white judge, and many of the jurors were white also during controversial cases. The south was not a fair place for trial between white and black conflicts.
5. It does matter, but it obviously shouldn't. I think in today’s world it doesn't matter much, but back then being black significantly affected how you were treated. Plenty of white people killed black people and were let off clean, but if it was the other way around a black person wouldn't stand a chance. The fact that Tanya Haley is black made them want to commit the crime.
6. I think CLH did receive due process in his trial. But I feel like the white men would not have received due process if they had been tried. CLH had a lawyer and a team working with him and it seemed like the trial was as fair as possible back in that time.
-Ryan Harrison
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