Criminal
Aug. 12, 2003
'Mean Justice' Agenda Leads To Ethical, Fiscal Dead End
"Mean Justice" is the title of a book by Edward Humes about prosecutorial misconduct in Bakersfield. But it also is an apt description of what has become the state's endgame: California is the mean-justice state, capping a trend of increasingly severe and retributive criminal punishment across the nation, a trend which started in the 1970s, when addressing and, often, pandering to public fear of crime became synonymous with winning political strategy.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
Partner, Bastian & Dini
Penthouse Suite 9025 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills , CA 90211
Phone: (310) 789-1955
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Email: robbastian@aol.com
Whittier Law School
"Mean Justice" is the title of a book by Edward Humes about prosecutorial misconduct in Bakersfield. But it also is an apt description of what has become the state's endgame: California is the mean-justice state, capping a trend of increasingly severe and retributive criminal punishment across the nation, a trend which started in the 1970s, when addressing and, often, pandering to public fear of crime became synonymous with winning political strategy.
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