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Sotomayor for the Prosecution

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Sotomayor for the Prosecution ? By James Ridgeway | Wed July 15, 2009 Mother Jones Sonia Sotomayor's all-but-certain confirmation will be a notable victory for the Democrats, and a long-overdue victory for diversity on the nation's highest court. Whether it will be a victory for criminal justice is another question altogether--and one that seems to matter little to most of her liberal supporters. Long before her Senate confirmation hearings began, progressive politician, lawyers, scholars, activists, and bloggers had joined together, as if in one voice, to sing Sotomayor?s praises. Beyond predictable paeans to her qualifications and her inspiring personal story, the focus of this chorus of accolades is not Judge Sotomayor?s passion for justice, her moral rectitude, or even her much-discussed ?empathy...continue to full post

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