Donald Trump has made personal grievances and payback the centerpiece of his presidential run. Will this strategy work? Two experts who study democracy look at others who have used these tactics.
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Infection rates of COVID-19 have soared among prisoners in the US. An expert on penal policy considers what is ‘unjust and disproportionate’ punishment at this time.
Trump’s firing of witnesses who testified during his impeachment trial has been described as ‘retribution.’ But these actions are actually revenge, a political scientist says.
The emergence of the restorative justice philosophy responds to the need to change South Africa’s retributive criminal justice system to accommodate African legal practices.
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor, University of South Africa
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Professor of Political Science, Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Professor of Political Science and Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
