Justice System's Role in Investigating Crimes Presented on How To Get Away With Murder

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How To Get Away with Murder - Tv Analysis
Shonda Rhimes's “How to get away with murder” is one of the most-watched series worldwide because it has an average of 9million viewers each week. The series involved a lot of activities taking place and flashbacks. If an individual is not keen enough to follow the plot, they might get confused. The viewer has to follow the plot closely to understand the story being represented. The series has gained a lot of fame because it presents the nature of judicial services and how they can impact people’s life. Therefore, this paper analyzes the TV series and what it represents in society.
The main theme of the series is the justice system's role in investigating crimes and ensuring that the perpetrators have been prosecuted. At the beginning of the series, Annalise Keating and her associates are set on a journey to investigate the murder of a sorority girl (Squicciarini). The extend of the investigation shows the effectiveness of the justice system in investigating murder crimes. Using her students, the professor finds crucial information that can be used in determining the real murderer of the sorority girls. The show indicates that through dedication, the uncorrupt individuals in the justice system can work their best to ensure that the perpetrators have been brought to justice. The current justice system is filled with individuals with different motives. Some individuals believe in fairness and are willing to do what it takes to ensure that wrongdoers are prosecuted. Other individuals are corrupt and only worry about the bribes received from wrongdoers to prevent them from going to jail. The series also shows the role played by politicians in facilitating corruption in the justice system. In a real-life situation, the politicians can be compared to wealthy individuals who have a lot of influence in the justice system. The wealthy individual determines the verdicts that need to be made on major cases, especially those involving powerful individuals or the state. If a less fortunate person finds themselves amid a certain case, it would be challenging to get justice. An example is the case of murder that a powerful person committed. Most of such cases never show the slightest signs of justice. The powerful individual pays their way into ensuring that the case has been dropped and that justice would never be served. There are many corruption cases that take place in the justice system, and such cases show how challenging it is for an individual to get justice in the current judicial system. The TV series is an eye-opener that not all courts handle involve a fair verdict.
The TV series also uses the character of Laurel to show that the less fortunate in society deserve to be represented fairly in the courts of law. Laurel is from a wealthy family and claims that pursuing a career in law has always been her dream. She believes that by studying law, she would make the world a better place by defending the less fortunate. Laurel’s character represents the real situation of the justice system in different parts of the world. The justice systems are filled with corrupt individuals whose main aim is t...