Our criminal justice system is barbaric and should be a huge national shame. Not only is it used to perpetrate injustice against the poor and the disempowered i

Our criminal justice system is barbaric and should be a huge national shame. Not only is it used to perpetrate injustice against the poor and the disempowered it twists society with the way it favors retribution and punishment over forgiveness, rehabilitation, and true justice. It's also substantially race segregated and a huge source of racially driven animosity in parts of the population (helping to foment racial divisions and foster the creation of racially aligned gangs). And all of that is aside from the corruption issue, which is also deeply corrosive to our culture, society, and government.