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Justice Delivered; Message Lost
Suppose that a particular right is both worthy of judicial support and in need of it. The details of codification take on an importance equal to that of the right itself, because the final draft is responsible to the entire legal system as well as to its own message (e.g. laws governing illicit drugs and parole boards).
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Health, Justice, Psychology, United States
Tagged crime, Crime and Justice, health, Illegal drug trade, justice, motives
Freedom (II): Passed by Unrecognized
Understanding and ignorance both shape our choices. The latter may limit freedom with or without an encroachment of our rights, in that we approach the choosing point with its long-term possibilities distorted or otherwise misunderstood and pass freedom by without recognizing it.
Posted in Democracy, Freedom, Globe, Justice, Obscured motives, Psychology, Rights and Obligations, Sociology, United States
Freedom (I): Of Human Rights
Here I consider human rights in general, using specific rights only as examples. Although some of the conclusions that follow are my own, the topic’s scope had to have allowed a prior airing of much. This overview helps me wade through. May it do so for you.
Beyond Three Strikes
This approach to the problem of recidivism goes way beyond current three-strikes-you’re-out legislation. Since a criminal may operate in different states, it would become either part of federal law or of state laws for a growing association of states that accept it:
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Justice, United States
Tagged crime, justice, recidivism