Monthly Archives: May 2015

http://http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-death-sentence.html After following the news with this issue I was a bit surprised that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev received the death penalty. In my opinion a death penalty does not bring justice to the families of the victims. They will have to … Continue reading →

Hillary Clinton Calls for Overhaul of Criminal-Justice System   This is the follow up with more information to my prior post

Verbatim: Clinton Calls for Criminal Justice Reform I thought this was amazing due to her upcoming announcement for her candidacy in the 2016 elections. This system needs to be reformed due to it is badly flawed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/sentence-reached-for-dzhokar-tsarnaev-in-boston-marathon-bombing.html?emc=edit_na_20150515 The Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev which happen in 2013 is facing 30 charges which 17 of the charges hold the death penalty. It took the jury 14 hours to decide on the charges. I don’t agree with the death penalty … Continue reading →

http://http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/10/16/us/ap-us-bus-passenger-on-fire.html After talking about this in class I went and did research on the issue myself. 17 year old Richard Thomas was prosecuted as an adult, entered the plea as part of a deal with prosecutors. He initially also was … Continue reading →

  Justice Department Reviewing Inmate Abuse by Attica Guards The United States Justice Department is now reviewing inmate abuse at Attica Correctional Facility, the upstate New York prison the at employed three officers who pleaded guilty in March to state … Continue reading →

http://http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/nyregion/for-mentally-ill-inmates-at-rikers-a-cycle-of-jail-and-hospitals.html This article was very interesting and spoke about a very important issue in our society today. Many people believe that inmates do not deserve the same care as everyone else because of the crimes they committed. Mr. Meggings was … Continue reading →