Posts Tagged punishment
The US government’s capital punishment prerogative | David A Love
To our shame, the federal authorities have broad powers to execute – even in states that have abolished the death penalty While much attention is paid to the 34 US states that still administer the death penalty, federal and military systems of executions also exist. The retention of the US federal death penalty undermines those [...]
Iran criticised over capital punishment ‘killing spree’
Amnesty International warns of ‘new wave of drug offence executions’ in Iran as well as public and secret hangings Iran has escalated its use of the capital punishment to what has been called “a killing spree of staggering proportions” in an effort to contain drug-related crimes amid concerns about the west’s continuing support for the [...]
Is six months in prison fair punishment for stealing bottled water? | Poll
In the aftermath of this week’s riots, a 23-year-old student with no previous convictions was jailed for the maximum permitted six months after pleading guilty to stealing bottles of water worth £3.50 from Lidl in Brixton. Do you think the punishment is fair?
Which goal of criminal punishment do you think is more important: reforming criminals into law-abiding citizen
Which goal of criminal punishment do you think is more important: reforming criminals into law-abiding citizens, or exacting retribution of behalf of the victims of crime? Why?
Neoliberalism and Punishment Theory
Thanks to Jeremy Kaplan-Lyman and Trevor Stutz, we had a fascinating workshop at Yale Law School last Thursday March 31st on the topic “Theorizing Punishment: From Mass Incarceration to the Death Penalty” along with David Garland from NYU and James Whitman and Tracey Meares from Yale Law School. David Garland and I got into a [...]
Nine Months is Not a ‘Severe Punishment’ Fitting Survivor Winner Hatch
Nine Months is Not a ‘Severe Punishment’ Fitting Survivor Winner Hatch COMMENTARY | As a tax accountant, the only thing I find more obnoxious than reading about celebrities like Al Pacino and Martin Scorsese shrugging off their obligation to pay income tax like us mere mortal are those celebrities or reality television stars, like Richard [...]
Ken Clarke warned over ‘catastrophic’ community punishment cuts
Ground-breaking alternative to short prison sentences may lose major funding, with some forced to close Imminent budget cuts are set to create a funding “black hole” in the criminal justice system with catastrophic consequences for innovative community sentences, experts have warned. A national inquiry into the criminal justice system says ground-breaking community punishments that provide [...]
What is this career called (Law,Psychology,Law Enforcement/Criminal Punishment)?
I hope to pursue a career in law or psychology but towards criminal justice/law enforcement. Kind of like in Law&Order has a psychologist and a lawyer within the department.Or even a profiler in the show Criminal minds. What would this job be called? Or anything related or similar to it. Thanks!
what is the purpose of punishment in criminal law?
why a criminal should be punished?and what are the goodnesses of punishment in criminal law?
What is the a legal term for punishment in criminal law?
If punitive damages relate to the punishment in civil law what do you call the punishment in criminal law? I’m writing an answer to a question and I don’t want to say in criminal cases something is punishible by jail time. I’d like to say in criminal law tortfeasors are punished _________. Please help me [...]