Friday, February 7, 2014

Criminal Law: Kind or Punitive?


1840: "No country administers its criminal law with more kindness than the United States. (Tocqueville, "Democracy in America").

 2013: "Today, the United States' system of criminal justice ranks among the world's most punitive." (Traci Burch, "Trading Democracy for Justice..." University of Chicago Press, 2013).

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