Sentence examples for humane criminal from inspiring English sources

A proponent of humane criminal codes for whites, he advocated harsh, almost barbaric, punishments for slaves and free blacks.

As a legislator, he secured passage of a more humane criminal code that abolished the death penalty for all offenses except first-degree murder.

While JHA never supports a political candidate or party, we believe informed policymakers and voters are essential pieces of an effective, fair, and humane criminal justice system.

We must convert the information of neuroscience into cultural knowledge and practical applications (such as developing a more scientifically-informed and humane criminal justice system).

But before we break out the champagne, or before we begin thinking that we are indeed well on our way to a more humane criminal justice system, there is much that we might scrutinize more carefully.

Every taxpayer dollar we take back from the private prison industry is a dollar that can be spent on cultivating a more humane criminal justice system and a safe and just society.

The group works for a more effective and humane criminal-justice system.

A collaborative approach, which engages the community and treats all participants with respect, is not only more humane than the criminal justice model -- it is more effective".

However, in India, mob justice for petty criminals can seem a more humane option than sending them through the criminal justice system, where the accused can languish in prison for years before getting a trial, says Harish Naraindas, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

"These are people with epaulets, and they have to carry out orders, but the orders are not always humane and sometimes they are criminal," Mr. Khanevich said.

Beccaria's 1764 essay, "On Crimes and Punishments," was among the first works in Western literature to argue for a humane and rational system of criminal justice and against torture and the death penalty.