Unbalanced Justice System Quotes

In Mexico, the people who are put in jail are all the wrong people. The good people are in jail.

If you had the Klu Klux Klan killing 200 Black kids in a community, we would have a problem and pay attention to it. If Black kids killed 200 white kids, we would pay attention to that. But when 200 Black kids kill 200 Black kids, we pay that less attention.

I am ashamed the law is such an ass

Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources, if he has next to nothing for investigation and effectively works for starvation wages.

Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money.

Evidence of sentencing disparity visited on those who exercise their Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury is today stark, brutal, and incontrovertible.

An overzealous prosecutor ….an underpaid, inexperienced defense attorney

we have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.