On AlterNet: justice system
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "justice system"
Riki Ott, AlterNet. July 8, 2008.
The people of Cordova, Alaska were screwed once by Exxon in 1989 and then again by the Supreme Court last month.
Joe Bageant, CounterPunch. June 17, 2008.
Unlucky citizens who fall victim to the U.S. justice system are treated like profit centers to be squeezed without mercy.
Rend Smith, ColorLines RaceWire AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 8, 2008.
What a wonderful, color-blind criminal justice system we have.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 19, 2008.
In the scheme of human rights and the U.S. criminal justice system, the case of the "Angola 3" is one of the great injustices of our time.
Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 6, 2008.
I would sure like to know what the three surviving Presidential candidates think of this.
Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. February 28, 2008.
Military spending and incarceration rates are also both cornerstones of the booming Republican public sector economy.
Corinne Ramey, Drum Major Institute AlterNet: Video. January 7, 2008.
Charles Chatman is the 15th wrongfully convicted prisoner in Dallas County who has been exonerated by DNA evidence since 2001.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. November 24, 2007.
Lindsay Beyerstein: The judge was willing to play along, even though the pickpocket had no history of violence.
Tammy Johnson, RaceWire AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2007.
Tammy Johnson: As a result entire communities have been branded as "at-risk" and are being placed under surveillance
Jeralyn Merritt, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. November 1, 2007.
Jeralyn Merritt: The 100 to 1 ratio between powder and crack cocaine penalties has no rationale or scientific basis.
Steve Benen, AlterNet: PEEK. October 11, 2007.
Steve Benen: Did Karl Rove and the White House stymie criminal probe in Alabama?
GottaLaff, AlterNet: PEEK. October 5, 2007.
GottaLaff: Dissenting justices called the decision "an invitation to lie with impunity."
Ezekiel Edwards, AlterNet: PEEK. October 4, 2007.
Ezkiel Edwards: One has to wonder, what on earth are the police and the Mayor smoking?
Jane Hamsher, AlterNet: PEEK. September 28, 2007.
Jane Hamsher: Thanks largely to grassroots efforts, Mychal Bell will now be tried in juvenile court.
Laura Flanders, AlterNet: PEEK. September 25, 2007.
Laura Flanders: Jena is America, and there are "Jena Sixes" behind bars in every state.
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. September 24, 2007.
Pam Spaulding: Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke's bank account must be low.
Melissa McEwan, AlterNet: PEEK. September 21, 2007.
Melissa McEwan: Conyers says, "We've reached a point in history where this kind of situation is no longer tolerable."
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. September 20, 2007.
Pam Spaulding: Elizabeth Edwards, David Bowie, Chris Dodd and thousands of other supporters have rallied to their cause.
Malena Amusa, AlterNet: Video. September 20, 2007.
Malena Amusa: Seems like a post-Duke Lacrosse justice coma is setting in.
Garlin II, AlterNet: PEEK. September 15, 2007.
Garlin II: Now, his case will be handled exclusively in juvenile court, which is where it should have been all along.
Cliff Schecter, AlterNet: PEEK. September 11, 2007.
Cliff Schecter: Add another interesting entry to the list of Fred Thompson's legal/lobbying clientele: Libyan terrorists.
Andre Banks, AlterNet: PEEK. September 6, 2007.
Andre Banks: If nothing changes in Jena there could be more nooses, more fights, more convictions.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet: PEEK. August 30, 2007.
Liliana Segura: This is a huge victory for the family and supporters of Kenneth Foster, who at age 19, was sentenced to die for a murder that he did not commit.
David Cassel, AlterNet: PEEK. August 24, 2007.
David Cassel: Former producers of the show reveal how it blurs the line between television and law enforcement and other apparent lapses in journalism ethics.
Daniel Lazare, The Nation. August 20, 2007.
With five percent of the world's population, the U.S. has close to a quarter of the world's prisoners. How did the American criminal justice system go so wrong?
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