Posted on 06/28/2018 10:07:09 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Christ came to me emblazoned on the upper arm of my beloved cousin Marc. The blue-black ink danced between the bullet scars and stretch marks that graced my cousin’s upper body. Atop this crown-of-thorns depiction was a tattooed banner with the phrase “Only God Can Judge Me.”
Marc—like several men in my family—had been caught in the webbed threads of poverty, geography and lack of opportunity during the fever pitch of 1990s mass incarceration. Baggy-pant boys like him fit the descriptions of “super-predators” and “thugs” that dominated our national discourse at the time. Marc served his time, and has been out of the system ever since—a miraculous feat, given that over 75 percent of released state prisoners in the United States are rearrested within five years. Today he is a union worker and a happily married father of three successful children.
The still imprisoned are not so lucky. By virtually every measure, the United States incarcerates more of its people than any other nation in the world. When we look at the fuller picture of who we imprison, for how long and why, it may not be a stretch to conclude that our criminal justice system could very well benefit from a rite of penance of its own.
Discussions of reforming our criminal justice system demand us to ask philosophical and moral questions. What should be the ultimate goal of sentencing and incarceration? Is it punishment? Rehabilitation? Forgiveness? For Catholics, these questions tie directly to the heart of our faith.
You have heard it said: Visit the imprisoned. But what about their guards?
Solutions are already beginning to take shape, which include unraveling the War on Drugs, reconsidering mandatory minimum sentencing...
(Excerpt) Read more at americamagazine.org ...
“Marc—like several men in my family—had been caught in the webbed threads of poverty, geography and lack of opportunity during the fever pitch of 1990s mass incarceration.”
Translation: “I come from a family of criminals.”
She is no more Christian than BHO. Quod erat demonstrandum.
This communist scumbag is no Catholic worthy of the name.
And this is why I do my best to #MAGA.
What's your position on the right to life of ALL people, Alexi?
What's your position on queers pretending to marry each other, Alexi?
What's your position on immigrants obeying the laws of the country they migrate to, Alexi?
That'll tell us how "Catholic" you are.
She’s mocking God. That can have consequences.
By omission, I bet it was a doozy.
>>Baggy-pant boys like him fit the descriptions of “super-predators” and “thugs” that dominated our national discourse at the time. Marc served his time, and has been out of the system ever since—a miraculous feat, given that over 75 percent of released state prisoners in the United States are rearrested within five years.
>> Today he is a union worker
So, he’s still a “thug” then...
I'm sure that's some kind of prohibited "privilege".
This is one Democrat I’ll be rooting for. With this wingnut on the right coast and my “representative” Mad Maxine on the left coast spewing out their leftist hate it will be a true win-win for the Republicans.
I went looking at past elections in this district, and primaries over the past twenty years.
It’s an odd thing....there just weren’t that many folks who showed up to vote in the primary. Between the two candidates...they made up about 20-percent of the typical November Democratic vote. So in my book, this was an awful low turn-out, and she worked this to her advantage. I’ll even make a bet that she took probably 75-percent of the under-25-year-old vote.
some other countries exectue first and then maybe ask a question, would she rather we do that then incarcerate so many people?
she’s just trying to stretch her 15 minutes of fame. She should read and truly take into her heart the whole of her bible not just a part or two that she likes.
Yeah ... part of that whole "straight white Christian male with a classical education" thing ... Strictly verboten in today's PC culture.
Per Kelly Anne Conway, Ocasio-Cortez, “like many Democrats,” is for “abortion on demand.”
Latin-mass going, Bishop Sheen-admiring, Vatican-II- and Pope Francis-eyerolling Catholic with five kids reporting for duty! :)
Once we breed the liberals out, we are going to set things right again. Maybe start by excommunicating a loooooong list of flagrantly unrepentant politicians.
She got her first communion at the church of our Lady Nancy Pelosi.
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