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This article looks at the prejudice of the legal system toward men in child custody cases. Anti-father and pro-mother bias plays a part in a judge's decision to award full or partial custody. Gender bias is prevalent in our American Justice system, even when bound by a code of judicial obligations.

Wow this article was very interesting and kind of eye-opening to me, I guess I never fully realized (until now) that this is an issue! Thank you for sharing this!

I have thought this for a long time now. As women become more a part of the work force, more men are taking on the roles as the primary caregiver for children. because of this, I believe that the old stereotype that men are gone all the time and have no idea on how to be a caregiver is completely false.

This article gives an overview of wrongful convictions. It gives a history, current status and projected scope for the future.

Wrongful convictions are so unfortunate and probably grossly under-reported. It is a situation that definitely needs more light shed onto it.

Wrongful convictions are never a good thing. So many of them happen all of the time and we are unaware of it. It is definitely something that is preventable but not always completely preventable. There is still always a possibility for it to occur.

An overview on Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013. Also summarizes how the law is being looked at in the judicial branch and its progress to becoming a law or not.

A good resource that lists prisoner's basic rights and expectations while serving time. It points out the constitutional rights they maintain and reviews other rights that have been challenged in Court. I do believe that prisoners deserve to keep their basic human rights and these should not be compromised.

The article explains the number of equal rights claims against companies, explaining how less than 1/10 of charges go to court and only about 1% overall win the case whereas 14% of cases are won by the business and 78% end in settlement. Article also goes on to explain reasons individuals file charge, and which companies are charged the most. extremely comprehensive and a good read.

Throughout the modern century, American society has seen a shift from overt prejudice, to a more subtle covert method of discrimination. This scholarly evaluation examines the possible implicit biases that seems to play a large role in immigration courts and how the sentencing can be skewed as a result. At the end, possible solutions are presented for the issue, allowing the reader to fully comprehend how the writer sees the dilemma and that they deeply understand the topic at hand.