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My 8th grade history teacher, David Numbers, gave a grade of “100” to any student who memorized any Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. A short one, like the first or fourth Amendment, would get you 3 “100”s if recited correctly. Longer ones, like the 14th, would earn you 8 “100”s! My brother and I, seeing the “path of little actual study”, memorized them all and aced the class. Of course, we did not fully understand them. I do now. The Amendments, and the Constitution, are pure genius; the supreme law of the land, which should be honored and applied throughout the land. Sadly, these laws are ignored in our prisons. The difference between what is clearly required, and what actually goes on, is VAST. It truly is America’s shame and our “Dirty Little (HUGE) Secret”. Work to improve our country by improving our criminal justice system! Justice Brennan did not realize the depth of the understatement in these words (the first 12 words!) when he wrote: “Prisoners are persons whom most of us would rather not think about. Banished from everyday sight, they exist in a shadow world, that only dimly enters our awareness…….When prisoners emerge from the shadows to press a Constitutional claim; they invoke no alien set of principles drawn from a distant culture. RATHER, THEY SPEAK THE CHARTER UPON WHICH ALL OF US RELY TO HOLD OFFICIAL POWER ACCOUNTABLE. They ask us to acknowledge that power exercised in the shadows (I add: against virtually helpless individuals!) must be restrained at least as diligently as power that acts in the sunlight “ Olene v, Estate of Shabazz, 482 US 342,354-355, 107 S. CT. 2400, 96 L.Ed. 282 (1987) Indeed, the problem is: NO accountability. KRA An FBI investigation is NEEDED! Indeed, this is the problem: NO ACCOUNTABILITY! The Massive Indifference is a Massive Mistake! Kra - 2009 Please help build our team! Growing fast (from 898 to 1,377 in five days!), but strength in numbers! If you have not yet done so, please take a moment to click oneepurl/WQof9 to receive our weekly ENewsletter and click on goo.gl/fkCOJR to see our current Citizens for Criminal JUSTICE ENewsletter. Please also see our FB page and join our Citizens for Criminal JUSTICE FB group! You will learn about the major problems/solutions affecting our criminal justice system. I welcome your comments/suggestions.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 00:34:34 +0000

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