Al Jazeera hasn’t been in the American market that long, but they’ve already used their hard news reputation to shine a spotlight on injustices in the United States.
One of the greatest is sentencing disparities – a story that is making headlines as courts around the country are working to right a longtime wrong in the justice system.
Check out this clip from The System with Joe Berlinger airing this Sunday night at 9 p.m. on Al-Jazeera America.
Are mandatory sentences too harsh? Have you or a loved one suffered because of an unduly harsh sentence?