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Recently Noted – more John Oliver on American justice – or not

April 13, 2019 Comments Off on Recently Noted – more John Oliver on American justice – or not
Once again we return to our comedians for information about what is going on in the world. This time more on the fraud that is our judicial system. Turns out that one of our regular sources, John Oliver, has really made a demi-career out of just this topic.  
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Recently Noted – more unequal justice – lots of it….

February 15, 2019 Comments Off on Recently Noted – more unequal justice – lots of it….
The Louisiana Project: A Study of the Louisiana Defender System and Attorney Workload Standards – February 2017 by Postlethwaite & Netterville, APAC and the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants provides a startling example of the gigantic fraud that is the American legal system. Using standards for the number --->> read more -->>
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Recently Noted – John Thompson and Justice – Prosecution With No Recourse

January 26, 2019 Comments Off on Recently Noted – John Thompson and Justice – Prosecution With No Recourse
It is not often that one can make a judgement that is nearly absolute in its accuracy. Most things in life are complicated, complicated by circumstance, money, class, family, just plain errors in judgement, execution, and on… But, when it comes to the American justice system you come face to --->> read more -->>
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Recently Noted – women in prison in the US – more on mass incarceration

November 21, 2017 Comments Off on Recently Noted – women in prison in the US – more on mass incarceration
“If New York were a separate country, its incarceration rate [for women] would be the 8th highest in the world. A woman in New York is 12 times more likely to be incarcerated than she would be in France.” The Prison Policy Initiative has released a new study “Women’s Mass --->> read more -->>
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The Rule of Law, Justice, American Delusions

June 27, 2017 Comments Off on The Rule of Law, Justice, American Delusions
Fairness, an equal shake, blind justice, jury of peers, rule of law…Amendments IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and XIV…. these are all ubiquitous and universally applauded features of American life. Like blind lady justice they are ubiquitous in every area of our culture. This system of justice makes us superior --->> read more -->>
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Justice in America – Not

April 5, 2017 Comments Off on Justice in America – Not
A central dogma of American politics and culture is the rule of law. The ever present blind scales of justice are trotted out with such regularity that the briefest glimpse serves to remind us that we live in a country with a uniquely fair and just system of law. Of --->> read more -->>