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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).

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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.

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Freedom (I): Of Human Rights

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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.

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Beyond Three Strikes

 

English: United States Penitentiary, Leavenwor...

Leavenworth Prison

 

 

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:

 

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