Consider what you think Justice requires, and decide accordingly. William Murray
Why aren’t there more company directors in jail? … Pipa Alpha … Not one company director has been sent to jail for any of those … The Jerry Archer Wing: we’ll open one up, start shovelling in the pinstripes … ‘Are you sure this is part of the Masonic ritual?’ … The law is completely inadequate … There have been five prosecutions for corporate manslaughter since that law came into play … You have got more chance of getting justice if you are a goat in Britain. Mark Thomas Comedy Product s6e3: Corporate Killing, Channel 4 2002
300 people killed at work each year … This is a class issue. ibid.
They were going to introduce this corporate killing. ibid.
An advert in the CBI: ‘Wanted: Mug’. ibid.
Over 100 of them are occurring on building sites, construction industry, these fatalities, and part of this is down to casualisation. ibid.
These are the twelve justices who make up the supreme court … Their decisions affect everyone. The Highest Court in the Land: Justice Makers, BBC 2016
This court dispenses justice at the highest level. Everyone in the land is answerable to them. ibid.
Cases of particular general importance or constitutional issues will end up in the supreme court. ibid.
All the proceedings of the court are filmed. ibid.
While Mr Ebans swung a bat repeatedly striking Mr Chin. Who Killed Vincent Chin? rozzer, 1987
Nitz and Ebans were both charged with killing China. ibid. news
Oriental gentleman: His scull was obviously fractured; there was brains lying on the street. ibid. other rozzer
Vincent wanted to get married and have an American job. ibid. friend
When it started America was unprepared: from across the ocean it came: little cars determined to change the buying habits of a nation, and for a while there was no stopping them. ibid. TV clip
We got Japs, Chinese, any goddamned guy in the world working on our line. ibid. car worker
They were placed on three years probation and a three thousand dollars fine. ibid. news
We decided it’s time to stand up for our rights. ibid. Chinese woman
The United States is home to 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of the world’s prisoners. Think about that. 13th, Obama, 2016
A prison population of 2.3 million. ibid. critic
The Birth of a Nation confirmed the story that many whites wanted to tell of the civil war and its aftermath. ibid.
Both races will be destroyed in such a movement. ibid. KKK bloke
Civil rights activists began to be portrayed in the media and among many politicians as criminals. ibid.
In the 1970s we began an era that’s been defined by this term ‘mass incarceration’. ibid.
Hundreds of thousands of people were being sent to jail for simple possession of marijuana. ibid.
‘The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black.’ ibid. John Ehrlichman
US prison population 1970: 357,292; 1980: 513,900; 1985: 759,100; 1990: 1,179,200; 2014: 2,306,200. ibid.
The so-called war on drugs was a war on communities of colour. ibid.
FBI Chief Calls Martin Luther King ‘The Most Notorious Liar in the Country’. ibid. Washington Press International report
The role of CCA within Alex began a series of bills … CCA had a hand in shaping crime policy. ibid. critic
Corporations are operating in prison and profiting from punishment. ibid.
They’re too poor to get out. ibid.
97% of those people who are locked up have plea-bargained. ibid.
Ferguson: this pattern of mass criminalisation and mass incarceration. ibid.
It breaks your soul down … It takes your decency and respect. After Innocence, victim, 2005
For every one of us up here, there’s hundreds more in prison. ibid. victims meet the press
It could happen to anybody, and it did. ibid. Barry Scheck
The found four different sperms in her and none of them were mine. ibid. victim of false rape charge
Now through DNA we have hard evidence that there is a lot more mistakes being made than we ever expected. That means there are thousands of people in jail today who could prove their innocence with DNA tests. ibid. Barry Scheck on Phil Donahue Show
My lawyer was the worst lawyer on the planet. The only time I saw him was at court. ibid. victim of false rape charge #2
The murder and disappearance of thousands of women from indigenous communities. Why have so many killers escaped justice? Stacey Dooley Investigates: Canada’s Lost Girls, BBC 2017
Since 1980 the police say almost 1,200 indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered right across Canada. But other organisations estimate it to be as high as 4,000. ibid.
‘It is absolutely mindboggling to me that I am 29 years of age and I have never heard anything about residential schools until two years ago’. ibid. texter to radio station
I’m in the US where bounty hunters hunt down and capture fugitives who skip bail. Bounty hunters are unregulated operators, part of the $14 billion bail industry, that loans people money to get out of jail. The people they go after are the poorest of society. They don’t have money to bail themselves out. In America justice and making money go hand in hand. Stacey Dooley: Face to Face with the Bounty Hunters, BBC 2019
They will charge you 10-15% … They sell their services using anything. ibid.
In the UK we don’t put up money to get out of jail. All of the bounty hunters who work for Robert have completed Scott’s training – the bounty hunter’s boot camp. ibid.
In 17 states no training is required at all. ibid.
It’s the only country in the world where the citizens decide who delivers law and order. From sheriffs to judges all are elected by the people. In one state this has created a justice system among the toughest in the country. American Justice I: Punishment, BBC 2017
The city of Jacksonville has been called the Murder capital of Florida. ibid.
In Florida the state prosecutors are among the most powerful people in the judicial system not only deciding who’s charged but what punishment they could face. ibid.
Mid-campaign and attention switches to a series of shootings across America; it starts by two black men being killed by police in two days. American Justice II: Witness
The struggle to find witnesses means Brandon’s family has been forced to wait nearly three years for the case to come to trial. ibid.
In the last ten years 45 black men have been shot dead by police in Jacksonville. Each incident has been investigated; no officer has ever been prosecuted. ibid.
One of her [candidate’s] battlegrounds is how the justice system deals with children. American Justice III
Sharron [Townsend, 12] points the gun at him and shoots him in the back of the head … This man was defenceless. ibid.
12-year-old Christian Fernandez was charged with killing his two-year-old brother. ibid.
Jeremiah [13] shot Tony and killed him. ibid.
More than 1,000 women are murdered in Pakistan each year by male relatives who believe the victims have dishonoured their families. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness ***** 2015
‘Saba had a gunshot wound on the left side of her face which made it almost impossible to recognise anything.’ ibid. doctor
‘They shot her and threw her in the river.’ ibid. rozzer
‘I will never forgive them.’ ibid. Saba