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offer different social and political influences than your colleagues. Or, provide an alternative perspective on how they influence the current U.S. criminal justice system.

Just like today, people in the revolutionary American period committed different degrees of offences but I would like to write about the Crimes of murder and burglaryand their respective punishments in this post. For starters, it is difficult to talk about the era in question without mentioning the Boston Tea Party of 1773 – the Act that led to revolt against the British. However, the war of independence also known as the American revolution started a year earlier making the British to surrender in 1781, a move which made America an independent state (America’s Library, No Date).

Burglary in the 17^th century never called for serious concerns in the early days of American colonies and so the laws for its punishment were quite humane. The Massachusetts Bay colony for example, provided that burglary be severely punished but specific type of punishment was stipulated by the judges who were given the opportunity to apply discretion in their sentencing (Early American Crime, No Date).

During the colonial American era, records have it that no distinct American legal system ever existed. Nevertheless, the colonist victory brought independence and new justice systems that provided both protection and rights for its citizens. Murder in this era was strictly subjected to the capital punishment of “death penalty.” However, the Pennsylvania legislature in 1794 passed a bill distinguishing between first and second degree murders. In the former the cause of death was deliberate and premeditated and the consequence of that act was the maximum sentence of “death.” In the latter on the other hand, the cause of death was accidental and the punishment for that was imprisonment of different terms (Encyclopedia.com, No Date).

The American modern system of criminal justice is the result of several evolutionary changes that society has undergone since the inception of the United States. Over the years, Americans have developed mechanisms that institute and enforce the rules of society as well as assign responsibility and punish offenders. Today, those functions are carried out by the police, the courts, and corrections. The early beginnings of the criminal justice system in the United States lacked this structure (Study.com, No Date).

References

America's Library. (No Date). Revolutionary Period (1764-1789). Retrieved from http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revol…

Early American Crime. (No date). Early American Crimes: Burgulary, Part 1. Retrieved from http://www.earlyamericancrime.com/crimes/burglary-…

Encyclopedia,com. (No date). The Early Years of American Law. Retrieved from https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/encyclopedias-alm…

Study.com. (No Date). The History & Development of the U.S Criminal Justice System. Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-history-devel…