Pubdate: Mon, 28 Jul 2003
Source: Wilmington Morning Star (NC)
Copyright: 2003 Wilmington Morning Star
Contact:  http://www.wilmingtonstar.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/500
Author: Dorothy B. Nesbitt

JUSTICE FOR ALL?

EDITOR: I wish that money was not an excuse for everything, from neglecting 
effective education, to health care, and to the defects in our criminal 
justice system. Lately the latter has been in the news for a period of 
time. Why are criminals and civil offenders all landing in the same crowded 
jails?

An alcoholic or a drug addict is self-destructive, a criminal is a predator 
preying on victims. Destroying yourself is vastly different from destroying 
another person.

Even worse, why is the behavior of some guards so cruel, so humiliating? ...

Dorothy B. Nesbitt

Wrightsville Beach
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