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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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Anyone who is a fan of Orioles or Giants baseball, or ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, knows who announcer Jon Miller is. Before working for the Orioles in the 1980s and 90s, he did NASL soccer for TVS and ABC Sports, including this New York Cosmos-Seattle Sounders game.Actor Barry Morse, who obviously was a regular on ABC's The Fugitive, playing the Stafford, Indiana detective lieutenant, whose sole mission in life was to catch fugitive Richard Kimble. With actress Jacqueline Scott, who play Dr. Kimble's sister and several episodes of that series.Hollywood actress Jacqueline Scott appearing on the first season of ABC's The Fugitive in 1964. I always thought she was really good on TV and would've like to have seen her with a regular role on a good TV show.Speaking of adorable: Teri Hatcher and Charlize Theron in 2 Days in The Valley, from 1996. You would never guess that Teri turns 58 this year and Charlize just turned 47. Not with those faces.This is from a 1973 documentary about #CharlesManson and his #MansonFamily.This is from a 1973 documentary about #CharlesManson and his #MansonFamily.Follow Me on Facebook
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Tag Archives: Prison Reform
The Economist: America’s Elderly Prisoner Boom
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus A couple of things hit me when I watched this video. One, the fact that America at least at the state level, has moved away from prison industries in too … Continue reading
The Economist: ‘Jailhouse Nation’
Source:The New Democrat “WITH less than 5% of the world’s population, the United States holds roughly a quarter of its prisoners: more than 2.3m people, including 1.6m in state and federal prisons and over 700,000 in local jails and immigration … Continue reading
University of Chicago: George E. Kent Lecture- Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I do not agree with everything that Professor Michelle Alexander says about the American prison system. And the broader race relations in America, but I agree with her broader premise that … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and Punishment
Tagged African-American Community, African-Americans, American Corrections System, American Prison System, American Prisons, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice System, George E. Kent Lecture, Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander, Prison Reform, The New Jim Crow
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▶The Economist: Video: Robert Guest: Justice Reform in America
▶ Justice reform in America – YouTube. Prisons are for real criminals people who hurt innocent people intentionally. Who generally do it for financial gain but prisons aren’t for people who’ve made dumb mistakes. Like getting caught with possession of … Continue reading
AP: Raw Video-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Wants Changes in Criminal Justice System
Prisons are for real criminals people who represent real threats to society because they’ve harmed people intentionally. Either because they like hurting people or to support themselves. Not for people who’ve made mistakes in life but otherwise do not represent … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder: Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences
We simply send too many people to prison for offenses that do not deserve prison time. And we simply can’t afford to do that anymore, because we can’t afford the costs of taking care of people who otherwise can take … Continue reading
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Tagged American Corrections System, American Drug War, American Prison System, Attorney General Eric Holder, Crime and Punishment, Drug War, Eric Holder, Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences, Non-Violent Offenders, Non-Violent Offenses, Prison Reform, War on Drugs
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