Posts Tagged ‘justice’
When should life in prison truly mean life?
March 31, 2017 – The New Mexico Parole Board has released just 7 percent of prison inmates sentenced to 30 years to life for capital crimes. That’s an alarmingly low rate compared to other states, and it seems to buck a state law passed in 1980 that says inmates are entitled to a fair hearing…
Read MoreVoting For Future Generations: Justice
October 21, 2016 – Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were asked about racial healing in their first debate. The Black Lives Matter movement has forced many elected officials and candidates to start talking about racism and high rates of arrest and incarceration of people of color across the United States. I In Native…
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