Tag: justice
SubscribeExposé on Mexican justice system produced by two Berkeley grad students to air July 27
July 26, 2010:
On Tuesday, July 27, the PBS POV documentary series will air “Presumed Guilty”, a riveting examination of the Mexican judicial system created by UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy doctoral candidates Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete.
Defense vs. dialogue: Restorative justice at BxD?
June 25, 2010:
Can a legal-services organization for the poor, working within the criminal justice system, offer the compassionate dialog between victims and offenders proposed by the restorative-justice movement? After hanging around with public defenders, human-rights fellow contempates “Kum-ba-yah dialogue” and “courtroom warfare.”
Downsizing the prison-industrial complex
May 4, 2010:
California has created, through its laws and policies, a hugely bloated correctional system, says Barry Krisberg, a well-known advocate of criminal-justice reform. With 170,000 prisoners held in dozens of overcrowded facilities located mostly in rural areas, the system is financially unsustainable — setting the stage, potentially, for smarter policies, he says.
Two lawyers with cameras help rehabilitate Mexican ‘justice’
December 1, 2008:
While studying for their PhDs in public policy, lawyers Layda Negrete and Roberto Hernández made a film about one man’s encounter with Mexico’s deeply flawed criminal-justice system. Their new doc, “Presumed Guilty,” debuted recently at the 21st International Documentary Film Festival, in Amsterdam, where audiences rated it among their 10 favorite entries.
Dos abogados Mexicanos, con sus cámaras, ayudan a reformar el sistema judicial de su país
December 1, 2008:
En español: Dos abogados Mexicanos, con sus cámaras, ayudan a reformar el sistema judicial de su país.
