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Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions.

~Albert Bushnell Hart

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As a prosecutor and a senator, one of my main criminal justice priorities has been enforcing and reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, a bill with deep roots in Minnesota, seeds planted by former Senator Paul Wellstone and his wife Sheila.

~Amy Klobuchar

Topics: Act Against Been Bill Criminal Criminal Justice Deep Enforcing Former His Justice Main Minnesota Paul Planted Priorities Prosecutor Roots Seeds Senator Violence Wife Women

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Well, the terrible thing right now, and I don't know the statistics, but there's a growing concern in some communities about how rapidly people are sent from school to jail, how quickly they're put into the criminal justice system. And of course the rapidly growing number of brown people, both men and women, in prison. And this is terrible.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: About Both Both Men And Women Brown Communities Concern Course Criminal Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System Growing How Jail Justice Know Men Men And Women Now Number People Prison Put Quickly Rapidly Right School Sent Some Statistics System Terrible Terrible Thing Thing Well Women

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We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Criminal Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System Fairer Generation Homeland Justice Keep Making More Need Next Next Generation Our Our World Peaceful Safer Secure Streets Sustainable System World

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You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Any Causes College Color Communities Conflicts Criminal Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System End Get Good Good Job Jail Job Justice Know Likely Many Men More Part Potential Root System Than Think Those Up Who Without You Young Young Men I Think I Can

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We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice.

~Barbara Boxer

Topics: Add Criminal Criminal Justice Economic Electoral Environmental Fight Fought Justice Must New Now Social Social Justice

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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.

~Ben Whishaw

Topics: Any Beings Clearly Criminal Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System Designed Flaws Human Human Beings Justice Like System

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Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are more important than whether or not I'm going to be governor.

~Bill Scott

Topics: Avoid Breakdown Criminal Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System Going Governor Important Justice Lake Michigan More Our Save System Than Whether

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The purpose of the criminal justice system is both to rehabilitate and to punish. If we can rehabilitate somebody, that's a huge, huge win.

~Blake Farenthold

Topics: Both Criminal Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System Huge Justice Punish Purpose Somebody System Win

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We need criminal justice reform. You have heard people talk about that all over the country. I was able to work on that specific issue at home.

~Brad Schneider

Topics: Able About Country Criminal Criminal Justice Heard Home Issue Justice Need Over People Reform Specific Talk Work You

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