Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process
Video Links
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Video 1.1: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Description: Juwan Wickware wasn't the shooter. But he is one of more than 2,500 people nationwide who will grow from a teenager to an adult to an elderly person behind bars, only leaving prison once they've died. In yet another illogical and cruel U.S. criminal justice policy, our country has the distinction of being the only in the world that still sentences people to life without the possibility of parole for crimes committed before their 18th birthdays.
Video 1.2: Exoneration
Description: Wilson County man who spent 31 years in prison not recommended for exoneration.
Video 1.3: Harsher Sentences
Description: AG Sessions orders tougher prison sentences as the “right and moral thing to do.”
Video 1.4: Victim Impact Statements
Description: Stanford sexual assault case: victim impact statement.