The justice system isn't meant to work for people of color in this country. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
“The law. we are told, is what makes us men under God instead of beasts in the ditch” — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“The bad things that happen to us don't define us. It's just important sometimes that people understand where we're coming from.” — Bryan Stevenson 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
It is apparent, if you go back through our history, that the grand juries of the criminal justice system do not value… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
“Twenty-five elite law enforcement officers against six racist assholes. Four to one; pretty good odds.” — Mark M. Bello Copy Share Image
It always had occurred to me that drugs misuse was obviously a major driver of demand in the criminal justice system. — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
It is not always easy to balance freedom of expression with the needs of the justice system. — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
“The lack of stringent laws and the inefficient prosecution of perpetrators have made it increasingly difficult for victims and their families to… — Oche Otorkpa Copy Share Image
The criminal justice system in the United States is designed to do two things really well: to railroad black and brown bodies… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
I trusted the American justice system too much, and shared that trust with people from European countries. We all have an idea… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
A subject I'm particularly passionate about is the criminal justice system and almost all of the policies that impact people's lives are… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I was charged as an adult years before I could buy a beer, lease an apartment, get a pack of cigarettes. I… — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
Specifically, the growing threat that sexual predators pose to our Nation's children and their families represents an area where our criminal justice… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
We Americans like to believe we live in a free country with the right to use the justice system to ensure that… — Sharyl Attkisson Copy Share Image
Well, being a black man in America and growing up in this society, my view of the justice system is pretty much… — Rob Morgan Copy Share Image
The education justice movement and the prison justice movement have been operating separately in many places as though they're in silos. But… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In order to ensure our criminal justice system is fair and equitable, my office is conducting an immediate assessment of every prosecution… — George Gascon Copy Share Image
If you have a young leader in your home or in your neighborhood. Tell them the story of Troy Davis, and tell… — Merle Rutledge Jr Copy Share Image
You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I studied law before I became a filmmaker, and I actually have a great belief in the justice system and the rule… — Nick Broomfield Copy Share Image
In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put… — Alan Dershowitz 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
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
The issue of the American justice system is so much broader than any one party, or any area of the country, or… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
“The relevant question is not whether back then a few extraordinary individuals could overcome a system strongly weighted against them or whether… — Sergio De La Pava Copy Share Image
“During voir dire, the interviews for jury selection, each person is asked under oath about their experience with the criminal justice system,… — Edward Conlon Copy Share Image
“You know what my father said about innocent clients? ... He said the scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system… — George Gascon Copy Share Image
“If you're anything like me, You bite your nails, And laugh when you're nervous. You promise people the world, because that's what… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
The British use a system where the profits a corporation reports to shareholders is what they pay taxes on. Whereas in America… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“By making defense lawyers more central to criminal litigation than they already were and by dramatically enlarging the range of legal claims… — William J. Stuntz Copy Share Image
I hope people think about the way trials go today, with the justice system overwhelmed by cases. — Glenne Headly Copy Share Image
No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at piece. — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
We've got to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“In God’s justice system, it is the battle with the lions, bears, and the giants of the land that equips us to… — Kristen M. Smeltzer Copy Share Image
The American justice system administers punishment. It does not conduct inquests and it does not find facts. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Without the reform of the justice system, there is no possibility of building a just state. — Andrzej Duda Copy Share Image
If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I think some parts of the American justice system have gone haywire. — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
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