America's criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace. — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Both my strong faith in the Lord - and a heartfelt concern for basic human rights - gives me a sense of… — Kay Ivey Copy Share Image
It is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. So we don't.… — Michelle Alexander 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 in three young African American men is currently under the control of the criminal justice system—in prison, in jail, on probation,… — michelle alexander Copy Share Image
I think we need to update the existing laws to create uniformity across the states so that all people with mental illness… — Kimberly Guilfoyle 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
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
The civil justice system is a backup system when the criminal justice system fails. — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.… — Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
I've laid out a platform that I think would begin to remedy some of the problems we have in the criminal justice… — Hillary Clinton 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
People who face discrimination due to the color of their skin, are often obstructed by institutional barriers across our society - from… — Wayne Messam Copy Share Image
“It's hard to imagine any group of people being held in less esteem than we are by our clients. The overwhelming majority… — Sergio De La Pava Copy Share Image
“If you're an amateur, professional, or aspiring journalist in any city in the U.S., a good story for you would be to… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
The Indian criminal justice system was a market like garbage, Abdul now understood. Innocence and guilt could be bought and sold like… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
I find it very frustrating how much passing the buck there is in the criminal justice system when it comes to taking… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
The fact that our legal system has become so tolerant of police lying indicates how corrupted our criminal justice system has become… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We need transformational change of our criminal justice system - not just, you know, a handful of consent decrees or policy reforms. — Michelle Alexander 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
The criminal justice system is accurately symbolized by a large sculpture that sits at the foot of the United States attorney's building:… — Jonathan Larson Copy Share Image
“...our current criminal justice system has no provision for restorative justice, in which an offender confronts the damage they have done and… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,' I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image