Boards Quote by Jack Kevorkian

There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm…

— Jack Kevorkian

“of the nearly 7.3 million people currently under correctional control, only 1.6 million are in prison.27 This caste system extends far beyond prison walls…

— Michelle Alexander

“The extraordinary increase in prison admissions due to parole and probation violations is due almost entirely to the War on Drugs. With respect to…

— Michelle Alexander

It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the public doesn't…

— Sally Yates

I think it's critically important for people to understand that this system of mass incarceration governs not just those who find themselves in prison…

— Michelle Alexander

I am acutely aware that, as a judge in our system, I have limited power, and I am trying in every case to stay…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

“The genius of the current caste system, and what most distinguishes it from its predecessors, is that it appears voluntary. People choose to commit…

— Michelle Alexander

Those is power being largely corrupt, recognize that a non functional and corrupt judiciary will allow them to escape punishment even when they get…

— Prashant Bhushan

Judges have no actual power of enforcement. They don't have troops to carry out orders. They have no power of the purse. Yet our…

— Nina Totenberg

In court, judges tell people that their conviction carries a sentence of years, or probation. The truth is far more terrible. People convicted of…

— James Forman, Jr

It's not as if I've ever been to prison or been close to going to prison. The closest I've got is knowing people who…

— Michael Portillo

A judge sometimes must release a criminal. He doesn't like it, she doesn't like it, but the law requires it. And the context of…

— Anthony Kennedy