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Inadvertent injustice |
Unintentional. The result of carelessness or neglect such as releasing prisoners into society who then commit another crime. |
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Deliberate victimization |
Is more intentional. As in cases in which a police officer or prison gaurd wrongfully use force or when prosecutors intentionally conceal evidence beneficial to the accused. |
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Overzealous prosecutors |
Police officers, eyewitness misidentification, or fabrication of evidence and so forth |
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Eyewitness misidentification |
When a witness misidentified a criminal or criminal activity. |
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DPIC |
Death Penalty Information Center. A death penalty opposition group. |
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Crime control legislation |
Passed to prevent and respond to criminal violence. However well meaning the laws, inadvertent or unintentional victimization has resulted. |
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Mandatory minimum sentences |
Particularly for federal crimes involving drugs or firearm offenses. Minimum year of sentencing for these crimes depending on the state. |
Every state has a nimimum number of years of sentencing for committing drug or weapon crimes. |
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Rockefeller law |
The law that began mandatory minimum sentences. |
Every state has its own mandatory minimum sentences laws. |
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Racial profiling |
"Driving while black" |
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Bartley-fox law |
Requires one year in prison for carrying a gun without a permit. |
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American Civil liberties union |
Lobbied against Bartley-fox because of the likelihood that people would be sent to prison inapropriatley. |
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Felony murder rule |
States that any killing, whether intentional or not, occuring during the course of committing certain serious crimes, such as roberry or rape can result in life imprisonment or a death sentence. |
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Three strikes law |
Passed in response to violent crimes committed by repeat offenders which prolong prison terms for criminals who have a pattern in convictions. |
A dependent convicted of a third time felony that is violent or serious can be sentenced to life. |
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Sex offender registration laws |
Mandates specific registration requirements for sex offenders in all states |
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Pew center |
Reports incarceration levels |
Prison incarceration rates. |
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Realignment act |
Offenders are being transferred to local facilities to ease prison overcrowding. |
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