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1995

American

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Halacha As A Model For American Penal Practice: A Comparison Of Halachic And American Punishment Methods, Kenneth Shuster Jan 1995

Halacha As A Model For American Penal Practice: A Comparison Of Halachic And American Punishment Methods, Kenneth Shuster

Nova Law Review

America's punishment system is not working.2 In the United States,

in 1991 alone, a murder was committed every twenty-one minutes, a woman

was raped every five minutes, a person was robbed every forty-six seconds,

and a burglary occurred every ten seconds