There is some concern in the criminal justice arena about the safety of releasing prisoners into society after serving long prison terms. Recidivism, for one thing, frightens many police officers and attorneys, because it is likely that violent offenders will re-offend once placed back in society. However, it is unethical to keep prisoners beyond their ...
The film, The Longest Yard is a great film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock who work really well together and develop great chemistry in this action sports thriller. The film is directed by Peter Segal and he does a great job of getting the actors together and in the right position to capture the ...
It is 1932 in the Deep South. Not a good place to be if you are a black man. A strange black man, John Coffey, is sentenced to the electric chair for the grisly rape and murder of twin white girls. John Coffey will not stick up for himself and meekly accepts his sentence. But ...
As many people know, European settlement of Australia began as a way to relieve the problem of over-crowding in British prisons. Those criminals who were sent to Australia and its island of Tasmania were not usually murderers and rapists but small-time thieves, including juvenile thieves. By today’s standards, the punishment of Port Arthur far outweighed ...