: While justice should be blind to race and ethnicity, critics argue it should not be blind to the specific circumstances of a crime or a defendant's history. 2. Systemic Failures and Miscarriages of Justice
Reports under this title often examine how the system fails vulnerable populations:
: The personification of justice as an external entity—Justitia—can lead the public to view justice as something done to them rather than something they actively participate in.
: Research from organizations like the Prison Policy Initiative highlights how complex death sentencing rules and the withholding of critical information from jurors lead to "blind" outcomes that fail both jurors and defendants.