http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 18 May 2013 20:48:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/26/presumedguilty/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/26/presumedguilty/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:09:41 +0000 Public Affairs http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=1889 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/26/presumedguilty/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/06/25/kim-defense-vs-dialogue/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/06/25/kim-defense-vs-dialogue/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:26:43 +0000 Kony Kim http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=2488 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."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/06/25/kim-defense-vs-dialogue/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/04/krisberg/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/04/krisberg/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 21:16:07 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=3161 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/04/krisberg/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjustice/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjustice/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:34:55 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=1928 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjustice/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjusticesp/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjusticesp/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:27:52 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=2051 En español: Dos abogados Mexicanos, con sus cámaras, ayudan a reformar el sistema judicial de su país.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2008/12/01/mexicanjusticesp/feed/ 0