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Quotes tagged “criminal justice system”

“Researchers found that teenagers are more likely than adults to plead guilty to crimes they’re innocent of, due to differences in how they assess the incentives of a reduced sentence.”
— Brian Gallagher, Why Teens Plea Guilty to Crimes They Didn’t Commit
Tagged: teenagers, False Confessions, Psychology, Legal System, Law, criminal justice system
“Justice means that every child deserves a chance to grow up safe and secure, without the threat of violence. Justice means that the punishment should fit the crime. And justice means allowing our fellow Americans who have made mistakes to pay their debt to society, and re-join their community as active, rehabilitated citizens.”
— Barack Obama, WEEKLY ADDRESS: Working for Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform
Tagged: Obama: Second Term, Justice, criminal justice system, Inequality, Crime, Prison Industrial Complex
“Like the schoolyard bully, our criminal justice system harasses people on small pretexts but is exposed as a coward before murder.”
— Jill Leovy, Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
Tagged: one perfect sentence, criminal justice system

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