Stop and search is an integral cog in a racially disproportionate criminal justice system. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
It's been crazy to not only learn about the criminal justice system, but to see how it starts so young. — Jason McCourty Copy Share Image
“The jury returned with a verdict of "Don't ask me, I wasn't there," and was excused.” — Brian Spellman Copy Share Image
Sometimes our criminal justice system is about punishing people and not reforming people. — Eric Goode Copy Share Image
Forensic techniques are enormously useful in a wide range of fields outside the criminal justice system. — Mark Walport Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot about our criminal justice system that is dysfunctional. Everyone who sets foot in a criminal courtroom will see… — Chesa Boudin Copy Share Image
In our criminal justice system, we say it's better for 10 guilty people to go free than for even one innocent person… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California. — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
People are swept into the criminal justice system - particularly in poor communities of color - at very early ages... typically for… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Police Commit The Worst Criminal Activities Than The Very People They've Locked Up. Biggest Corrupt & Racist Institution.” — Witness Copy Share Image
It's encouraging to watch bipartisan leaders from different states recognize the need for fair and rational legislation focused on creating second chances… — Michael G. Rubin Copy Share Image
I was concerned about a system that appeared to provide immunity for one individual under one set of circumstances. When we have… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
In the criminal justice system you see the worst people on their best behavior, unlike the civil system, where the best people… — Edna Buchanan Copy Share Image
For far too long, victims' rights have been discussed only in the context of sentencing. Sentencing is very important, but the debate… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's something almost impossible about the criminal justice system when it comes to sexual assault cases. It immediately sets up a trial,… — Jon Shenk Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, race still determines too much, often determines where people live, determines what kind of education in their public schools they can… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
After spending time with police officers on ride-alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grass roots organizations fighting… — Malcolm Jenkins Copy Share Image
Be critical of these institutions that we love, whether they be our sports teams or the criminal justice system. Be critical of… — Andrea Pino Copy Share Image
“A jury is always a more orthodox body than any defendant brought before it; for blacks it is usually a whiter group,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing… — James Frey Copy Share Image
The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. One out of every eight prisoners in the world… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
“As law enforcement budgets exploded, so did prison and jail populations. In 1991, the Sentencing Project reported that the number of people… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There is no basis in text, tradition, or even in contemporary practice (if that were enough), for finding in the Constitution a… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
“When a criminal justice system works properly, it’s not because rational actors know that Big Brother is watching them 24/7 and will… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“One would hope that if the world woke up to such a reality, it would swiftly acknowledge and respond to the disaster—but… — Gary A. Haugen Copy Share Image
One of the ongoing crises in America is institutional racism. We have a very broken criminal justice system. We live in a… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I started off as a young lawyer working against discrimination against African-American children in schools and in the criminal justice system. I… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“The critical point is that thousands of people are swept into the criminal justice system every year pursuant to the drug war… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I therefore believe that our system does not have a word for failed trial, and that is where the American public does… — Sam Sheppard Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we must either abandon our reliance on stop and search or abandon any hope for a criminal justice system grounded in… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
All decisions in the criminal justice system must be determined by the physical and scientific evidence, and the credible testimony corroborated by… — Robert P. McCulloch Copy Share Image
States and counties routinely bear the costs associated with incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens once they enter the criminal justice system. — Michael Dean Crapo Copy Share Image
I want to help other people clear their records, and I want to help them avoid some of the loopholes that get… — Angela Stanton-King Copy Share Image
America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I don't want to live in a society where we ask sporting leagues or place of employment to dole out harsher punishment… — Shannon Sharpe Copy Share Image
Let the punishment fit the crime,' goes the saying. Our criminal justice system - to a large degree - meets this standard. — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
All we want is justice for John Crawford and everyone responsible for John Crawford's death should be held responsible, the criminal justice… — Michael Wright Copy Share Image