#Punishment

Saghir Hussain

SaghirH

Corbyn responded to the appalling Manchester terrorist attack by hosting a high profile press conference at which he linked the spread of terrorism with “wars our government has supported or fought in

Hannah Bowman

hannahnpbowman

How about a thread about non-punitive accountability? THREAD… First: the most important thing to understand about accountability is, as @prisonculture says, accountability can't be imposed, it can only be taken.

Sarah Z

marysuewriter

i actually don't think it's okay to sexually harass someone regardless of how awful their beliefs are, because sexual harassment is not some karmic punishment you can wield as a

Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans)

IwriteOK

Fuck this guy, because he probably suggested draconian penalties for his political opponents accused of similar crimes. But he is not wrong in this basic fact: regular people should not

micah

micahherskind

So this isn't meant to be a dunk, but this is not really true. The problem of punishment is not that we are ignoring a good set of criminological recommendations,

Alec Karakatsanis

equalityAlec

THREAD: @Harvard is offering a class where elite students can learn from ex-military about using "counterinsurgency methods" from Iraq and Afghanistan to "clean up" Black and Brown communities in Massachusetts.

dr. hazel

HazelMonforton

Punishment without the intent to forgive is just abuse. If you aren't in a position to forgive someone, for instance, because you weren't the one harmed, then you aren't in

Saliha

marzi_c_hai

Really wanted to go to protest against #rape yesterday but after reading the charter for @AuratAzadiMarch I decided not to. Y'all can argue about the cons of capital punishment and

Alec Karakatsanis

equalityAlec

THREAD: A few thoughts on basic things that many people don't know about the US legal system, which now cages Black people at six times the rate of South Africa

Nicholas Watt

nicholaswatt

Big buzz in the last hour among Tory MPs that the UK is heading towards a Brexit deal with the EU. Eurosceptics being reassured they will be happy. Nothing confirmed

Gregg Nunziata

greggnunziata

Contra @JonathanTurley the primary purpose of impeachment is *not* removal, though that is an important punishment. More important purposes are, per Hamilton to provide "a method of NATIONAL INQUEST into

Landen Fields

Fields_Lando

So I just read The Athletic’s article concerning KU basketball and the allegations of having a coach offer a recruit money over the phone. Here’s my thoughts in a quick

Mia Mingus

miamingus

We really need to stop putting people on pedestals. It is harmful and dehumanizes all involved. Putting someone on a pedestal is not caring for them. It is not love.

Gregg Nunziata

greggnunziata

I'm afraid some conservatives are being misled by Judge Luttig.Of course, you can impeach, convict, and disqualify a former officeholder.This view is supported by English custom, Constitutional text and structure,

Kyle J. Howard

KyleJamesHoward

1. The wild thing is, the Apostle Paul was likely a brown man, and he was also a murderer at worse and an accomplice of murder at best. If White

Lincoln's Bible

LincolnsBible

Any thinking that the only way forward is to sweep all of this criminality, treason, & genocide-by-pandemic under the rug - without investigation & punishment - with the application of

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