Deirdre Mulligan quoted in Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2015
“There’s a desire among these companies to protect as much opportunity as they have to market to people,” she said. “They know that how complicated a privacy policy is, how it’s presented, can create barriers to opting out.”
Elisabeth A. Semel quoted in The New York Times, August 16, 2015
“If you repeatedly see all-white juries convict African-Americans, what does that do to public confidence in the criminal justice system?” asked Elisabeth A. Semel.
Barry Krisberg interviewed for The Washington Post, August 15, 2015
“I would rate Jerry Miller the most influential juvenile justice and criminal justice reformer of the past 50 years,” Barry Krisberg … said in an interview. “His approach to juvenile justice is today the national norm.”
Melissa Murray writes for MSNBC.com, August 14, 2015
Today, the crime of seduction no longer exists in most American jurisdictions. Nevertheless, the residue of the history of marriage as punishment survives in certain forms.
Christopher Kutz writes for Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2015
“Curtailing traffic stops wouldn’t solve the problem of police violence against blacks and Latinos, but it would reduce exposure to ‘driving while black’ harassment and the collateral harms of the legal process. … And all citizens could enjoy more freedom from overzealous and unproductive policing.”
Kristin Luker quoted in Business Insider, August 12, 2015
It wasn’t until around 1980, Luker said, that “abortion really became a litmus test” for the GOP. In part because of civil rights and in part because of abortion, she noted, “well-off intellectuals began migrating to the Democratic party,” creating a feedback loop that drove Republicans further to the right on reproductive issues.
Franklin Zimring cited in The Atlantic, August 10, 2015
Research by criminologist and Berkeley law professor Franklin Zimring found that juveniles with five or more non-sex-related arrests on their record are twice as likely to be arrested for sex crimes in adulthood as juveniles who did commit sex offenses but had fewer than five total arrests for any crime.
john a. powell quoted on Raw Story, August 10, 2015
“Through our practices, through our culture, and certainly through our policing, we send a message every day that black lives don’t matter,” he said. In the way we call white neighborhoods “good” areas and black neighborhoods “bad,” powell said that “we have institutionalized fear of the racial other and arranged society around it.”
Justin McCrary quoted in The Daily Californian, August 3, 2015
“For myself and probably for most people, I don’t really care whether you’re wearing military fatigues or black pants,” McCrary said. “What I really care about is whether police are trying to take care of the community and help people get along with their lives.”
Barry Krisberg quoted in San Jose Mercury News, August 3, 2015
“There is no way on earth that a 15-year-old could have fully comprehended what he was doing,” said Barry Krisberg.… “He might be able to recount the events that resulted, but the notion that he comprehended the consequences of his action flies in the face of all the science we know.”