On AlterNet: justice system

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Americans Face Guantanamo-Like Torture Everyday in a Super-Max Prison Near You

Lance Tapley, Boston Review. January 18, 2011.

To little public outcry, tens of thousands of citizens are being held in horrific conditions in super-harsh, super-maximum security, solitary-confinement prisons.

Let's Face It, Conservative Supreme Court Justices Are a Bunch of Hypocrites

David Morris, AlterNet. October 15, 2010.

Conservatives interpret the Constitution to support conservative objectives, but they won't admit it.

Mississippi Judge Jails Defense Attorney for Refusing to Recite Pledge of Allegiance

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 7, 2010.

Chancellor Talmadge Littlejohn has faced some controversy in the past.

A Death in Solitary: Did Corrections Officers Help an Inmate Kill Himself?

Matt Stroud, Philadelphia City Paper. August 14, 2010.

A convicted killer in Pennsylvania committed suicide in lock-down. His family is asking whether corrections officers helped him out.

American Youth in the 21st Century: Pathologized, Criminalized and Disposable

Henry A. Giroux, AlterNet. November 16, 2009.

Young people today face imprisonment, the prescription of psychotropic drugs, psychiatric confinement, and zero tolerance policies that model schools after prisons.

Supreme Court Dashes Hopes for Justice Against Exxon

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.

Tragic Traps: Make a Mistake in America and You May Pay a Heavy Price for Decades

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.

Scared White Guy Shoots Black Teens: No Charge; Scared Black Guy Shoots White Teen: Manslaughter

Rend Smith, ColorLines RaceWire. April 8, 2008.

What a wonderful, color-blind criminal justice system we have.

"The Angola 3": Ex-Black Panthers Kept in Solitary Confinement for Over Three Decades [VIDEO]

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. 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.

Will There Ever Be Justice for Halliburton Rape Victim Jamie Leigh Jones?

Attaturk, Firedoglake. March 6, 2008.

I would sure like to know what the three surviving Presidential candidates think of this.

New Report: One in 100 American Adults Currently in Prison

Chris Bowers, Open Left. February 28, 2008.

Military spending and incarceration rates are also both cornerstones of the booming Republican public sector economy.

How Do You Atone for 27 Years of Injust Inprisonment?

Corinne Ramey, Drum Major Institute. January 7, 2008.

Charles Chatman is the 15th wrongfully convicted prisoner in Dallas County who has been exonerated by DNA evidence since 2001.

Queens Pickpocket Gets 15-to-Life for $22 Theft

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise. November 24, 2007.

Lindsay Beyerstein: The judge was willing to play along, even though the pickpocket had no history of violence.

LAPD Remodels Racial Profiling To Target Muslims

Tammy Johnson, ColorLines. November 10, 2007.

Tammy Johnson: As a result entire communities have been branded as "at-risk" and are being placed under surveillance

Crack Cocaine Sentence Reductions Finally Begin

Jeralyn Merritt, Firedoglake. November 1, 2007.

Jeralyn Merritt: The 100 to 1 ratio between powder and crack cocaine penalties has no rationale or scientific basis.

Rove Fingered In New US Attorney Scandal

Steve Benen, October 11, 2007.

Steve Benen: Did Karl Rove and the White House stymie criminal probe in Alabama?

High Court Rules That Candidates May Deliberately Lie About Opponents

GottaLaff, October 5, 2007.

GottaLaff: Dissenting justices called the decision "an invitation to lie with impunity."

NYC Has the Most Marijuana Arrests in the World (But Don’t Worry, White People, It Won’t Be You)

Ezekiel Edwards, October 4, 2007.

Ezkiel Edwards: One has to wonder, what on earth are the police and the Mayor smoking?

Jena Six Teen Freed on Bail

Jane Hamsher, September 28, 2007.

Jane Hamsher: Thanks largely to grassroots efforts, Mychal Bell will now be tried in juvenile court.

Jena's Mayor Thanks White Supremacists for Their "Moral Support"

Laura Flanders, September 25, 2007.

Laura Flanders: Jena is America, and there are "Jena Sixes" behind bars in every state.

Racists In Jena Have a New Ally: David Duke

Pam Spaulding, September 24, 2007.

Pam Spaulding: Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke's bank account must be low.

Conyers to Hold Hearings on Jena Six

Melissa McEwan, September 21, 2007.

Melissa McEwan: Conyers says, "We've reached a point in history where this kind of situation is no longer tolerable."

Jena Six: Thousands to Rally for Justice

Pam Spaulding, September 20, 2007.

Pam Spaulding: Elizabeth Edwards, David Bowie, Chris Dodd and thousands of other supporters have rallied to their cause.

Racists Who Raped and Tortured Black Woman Won't Be Charged With Hate Crimes

Malena Amusa, September 20, 2007.

Malena Amusa: Seems like a post-Duke Lacrosse justice coma is setting in.

Jena Six Update: Mychal Bell's Conviction Is Overturned

Garlin II, September 15, 2007.

Garlin II: Now, his case will be handled exclusively in juvenile court, which is where it should have been all along.