Posts Tagged ‘The Sentencing Project’
International Human Rights Month 2018
December is International Human Rights month, celebrating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations in 1948. The document states fundamental freedoms all humans are entitled to including freedom from discrimination based on race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.…
Read MoreSentencing Project works toward fair justice system
Featured Image: The Sentencing Project Executive Director Marc Mauer at an emergency rally. If you pay attention to the news at all, it won’t surprise you that the legal system in the United States is flawed. As Paul Butler, Professor of Law at Georgetown University explains, “Our criminal justice system is profoundly sick. We lock…
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