The Other Face of Justice

"The criminal justice system is overwrought with police officers overstepping their ethical bounds, prosecutors who seek convictions over justice, and public defenders who are over worked and not equipped with the resources necessary to provide an adequate client centered defense. The business of the prison system is now the equivalent of legal slavery. " Amber C. Macias Attorney at Law "There are two constitutions, one for criminal cases generally and another for drug cases which invites police officers to behave like criminals and they do." United States Magistrate Peter Nimkoff of Miami, "Our prison resources are misspent, our punishments too severe, our sentences too loaded. I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory minimum sentences." Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy addressed the American Bar Association