Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 June 2019
Radical liberalism and natural law theory ground a vigorous critique of the carceral state and of imprisonment in anything like its current form. But a natural law analysis can also serve as the basis of a negative assessment of current practices that does not depend on embracing this critique. Chapter 6 seeks to show why plausible theories of statist criminal justice, even if taken to justify not only imprisonment but also the use of victim testimony to help determine prisoners’ initial terms of confinement, likely do not warrant the use of this kind of testimony in assessing parole requests.
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