A topic that I brought up on my first ever blog, which was a passion blog brainstorm, was my interest regarding the criminal justice system. While I ultimately decided not to use this idea for my passion blog, it is still something I find great interest in, and would be a very good topic for this group project. While there are obviously many directions the project could go in based on the broad topic of our country’s criminal justice system, I think it would allow for everyone in the group to find a part within which they find passion or interest, and also be something that has enough niche portions to keep the project highly analytical and within assignment guidelines. Some smaller topics within the large one include false imprisonment, people kept in prison past their sentencing, and the lack in of proper representation for people who cannot afford private lawyers.

An additional topic I find great interest in that was brought up by one of my group mates is the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial. It’s already something we touched on in class and therefore we know it’s able to be analyzed. Additionally, we can cover a bigger topic such as public trials, men vs women being accusers of domestic violence, or many other things that tie into the specific case of Depp and Heard.