Criminal Justice Quotes

64 Criminal Justice quotes by 58 unique authors

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering. — Kelly Ayotte
We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now… — Barbara Boxer
The Commission agrees that the federal government should help alleviate these costs. The best way to do so is to reduce illegal immigration.... We recommend… — Barbara Jordan
A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear. — Karl Kraus
I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do is take a real serious… — Tim McDonald
Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order. — George Will
For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing between the innocent… — James Frey
Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,' I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males… — Ron Paul
Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal justice… — D. Todd Christofferson
What really drives the battle against law enforcement and punishment is not a commitment to treatment, but the widely held view that, first, we are… — Unknown Author
Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system makes mistakes and… — George Gascon
The key thing is to ensure that we give the criminal-justice system the tools it needs, so that women's rights are turned into reality. It… — Jon Kyl
I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about -- police and… — Michael Connelly
Given the realities of the U.S. criminal justice system, the prosecution may be unable to salvage this case. But just because that system fails victims… — Jaclyn Friedman
Language of the Gun shows why Bernard Harcourt has earned a reputation as one of our most provocative and informative analysts of the administration of… — Randall Kennedy
Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System.… — Theresa May
One of the most sensitive expressions of hope, capacity for change and potential vehicles for institutional health that I have read in my career in… — Scott Harshbarger
The fact that more than half of the young black men in any large American city are currently under the control of the criminal justice… — Michelle Alexander
To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do… — Kamala Harris
Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal… — Albert Bushnell Hart
Yes, for my undergrad I majored in Criminal Justice and minored in Political Science and English. — Matthew McGrory
Our current criminal justice system has no provision for restorative justice, in which an offender confronts the damage they have done and tries to make… — Piper Kerman
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws. — Ben Whishaw
Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love. I am proud to join the ACLU in the fight to make mass… — Michael K. Williams

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