The document summarizes trends in police misconduct and the US criminal justice system from 2010. It reports that there were over 4,800 cases of reported police misconduct in 2010, resulting in over 6,800 alleged victims and 247 fatalities. The majority of police corruption cases were concentrated in five states. The US has more incarcerated individuals than any other country, and over 3,000 people are serving life imprisonment for relatively minor crimes like petty theft. There are perceived issues with injustice, racial disparities, and civil rights violations within the US criminal justice system.

1. Criminal Justice
System
TRENDS AND ANALYSIS REPORT

2. Police Misconduct Trends (Jan-Dec 2010)

3. Police Corruption
 Statistical layouts show an upward trend
 Excessive Force - Most problematic
 Controversial Cases
 Excessive Use of Force
 Rodney King beating (1991)
 Abner Louima beating (1997)
 Police Homicide
 Amadou Diallo (2000)

4. Police Corruption (Jan – Dec 2010)
Police Misconduct
 4,861 reported cases
 6,826 alleged victims
 247 fatalities
 $346,512,800 (monetary loss)
 Civil judgments
 Settlements
 Court costs
 attorney fees

5. Total Prison Population
The United States have more people in
prison than entire world.

6. US Federal Prison Population
• Ramzi Yousef is serving a life sentence for
masterminding the 1993 attack on the World
Trade Center.
• Bernie Madoff is serving over a years in prison
for his involvement in the world’s worst
financial scheme in US History
• Ted Kaczysnki, better known as the
Unabomber, is serving a life sentence for a
mail bombing spree that lasted more than 20
years.

7. Police Misconduct
 The majority of the
cases involving police
corruption are
concentrated in
California, Arizona,
Florida, Texas, and
Michigan

8. Prison Population
Perception of injustice in the US
Criminal Justice System
Racial Disparities
Income Inequality
Constitutional & Civil Rights
Violations

9. Judicial Decisions
and the Abuse Power
3,278 are serving life imprisonment
without parole for petty crimes.

10. Map of prisoners
serving a life
sentence
• Attempting to cash a stolen
check
• A junk-dealer’s possession of
stolen junk metal
• Possession of stolen wrenches
• Shoplifting two jerseys from an
athletic store
• Taking a television, circular saw,
and a power converter from a
vacant house