Criminal
Nov. 6, 2018
Safety in prisons is our civil obligation
On Oct. 31 it was reported that mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death just hours after he was transferred from a facility in Florida to the federal penitentiary in Hazelton, West Virginia, which is a high-security facility.
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James is a retired judge of the Orange County Superior Court, a private mediator and arbitrator with ADR Services Inc., the author of "Wearing the Robe: the Art and Responsibilities of Judging in Today's Courts" (Square One Press, 2009), and the 2012 Libertarian candidate for vice president, along with Gov. Gary Johnson as the candidate for president.
On Oct. 31 it was reported that mobster James "Whitey" Bulger was beaten to death just hours after he was transferred from a facility in Florida to the federal penitentiary in Hazelton, West Virginia, which is a high-security facility. Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky defined it best when he said: "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." So what does this event say about our society?
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