Criminal justice Quote by LegalMatch

Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism.

— Hill Harper

I think it is very important for you to do two things: act on your temporary conviction as if it was a real conviction;…

— Andy Grove

I have done prison time for 13 years without any conviction.

— Asif Ali Zardari

I want to help other people clear their records, and I want to help them avoid some of the loopholes that get people caught…

— Angela Stanton-King

I have served a sufficiently long sentence. I am not asking for a pardon of my conviction.

— Chelsea Manning

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

Exacerbating the problem of mass incarceration is that, even after someone is released from prison, the stigma of a misdemeanor or felony conviction makes…

— Stan Van Gundy

Although you should not erase your responsibility for the past, when you make the past your jailer, you destroy your future. It is such…

— John O'Donohue

The justice system is flawed, and that just because you're overtly guilty doesn't actually mean you're actually going to go away, to jail.

— Rashida Jones

I helped write the expunction code in the State of Texas to give people the opportunity to have their names cleared when they have…

— Marc Veasey

We are fighting to pass clean-slate legislation in Pennsylvania to seal nonviolent misdemeanor records automatically after 10 years. We must provide opportunities for employment,…

— Malcolm Jenkins