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Speaker calls minimum sentences unfair
By Laraine Weschler on 3/6/08
People who choose this path will not learn a lesson, Short said. Even though he was bitter about his sentence, Short said he wouldn't let his surroundings make him evil.
"I think I'm a nice guy," he said.
Justice Not Jails, the group that sponsored the event, works to inform the AU community about the reality of incarceration and mobilize people to work for change and support incarcerated people and their families, according to Ava Page, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences who is a member of the group.
People are uninformed about prison justice, said Rae Bonfanti, a junior in the School of International Service.
"A lot of people are concerned with international human rights when there's so much going on right here that people are unaware of," she said.
During the event, Justice Not Jails also showed "Snitch," a documentary about people who were convicted solely on the testimony of informants and individuals coerced into informing on their friends after receiving threats of life sentences and harm to their families.
"I think I'm a nice guy," he said.
Justice Not Jails, the group that sponsored the event, works to inform the AU community about the reality of incarceration and mobilize people to work for change and support incarcerated people and their families, according to Ava Page, a sophomore in the School of Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences who is a member of the group.
People are uninformed about prison justice, said Rae Bonfanti, a junior in the School of International Service.
"A lot of people are concerned with international human rights when there's so much going on right here that people are unaware of," she said.
During the event, Justice Not Jails also showed "Snitch," a documentary about people who were convicted solely on the testimony of informants and individuals coerced into informing on their friends after receiving threats of life sentences and harm to their families.
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