criminal justice
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"While criminal justice has been served against the perpetrator, the wider systemic failures exposed by this case demand immediate, independent and transparent investigation," Singh wrote.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“Trainspotting” is in part a sly corrective to “Clockwork,” which heaped scorn on both criminals and criminal justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
But enforcement of these laws has long occupied an unusual no-man’s-land in this country, scrambling the standard political lines around criminal justice.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
And so I think his legal skills and experience give him some potency, that perhaps Pam Bondi lacked, in navigating the criminal justice system.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
Kemp on African American defendants throughout the criminal justice system, including those ensnared by the War on Drugs, need only ask Edward Clary.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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