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It’s Not Just Trump — Crime and Punishment are Inherently Political
Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
2023
Publication Title
The Hill
Abstract
Lady Justice should be blind. The U.S. legal system should not use its full weight and resources to target political enemies. But these ideals obscure a key fact about American justice:
Crime is political. It was designed to be. And it perhaps it should be.
Keywords
Criminal Law, Politics, Punishment
Publication Citation
Sheldon Evans, It’s Not Just Trump — Crime and Punishment Are Inherently Political, The Hill (Nov. 16, 2023), https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4311076-its-not-just-trump-crime-and-punishment-are-inherently-political/
Repository Citation
Evans, Sheldon, "It’s Not Just Trump — Crime and Punishment are Inherently Political" (2023). Scholarship@WashULaw. 492.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/492