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Substantially all of Cambodia’s media is now government controlled, it also occurs in the context of [the] ongoing wrongful imprisonment of opposition supporters and routine intimidation of those who continue to operate. – Sam Rainsy	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They are against racial discrimination, but pernicious division and discrimination by race have been ongoing for a long time in admissions, so there is wrongful resistance to a change back to privileging individual merit. Those who see everything through the lens of color, want a superficial skin color result, or benefit from that, should join us in opposing discriminating by race. – Wai Wah Chin	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The Russian Federation has wrongfully detained Brittney Griner, the practice of wrongful detention is unacceptable wherever it occurs and is a threat to the safety of everyone traveling, working, and living abroad. – Elizabeth Rood	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
For all New York’s issues now, the police department is not large enough. Cops have a hard time protecting themselves for fear of being sued and maybe wrongful arrest. It’s a mess. – Roy Rochlin/Getty Images	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Punitive damages, on the other hand, are to punish someone for their wrongful conduct. – Neama Rahmani	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The question remains of how to get the Department of Justice to fully engage in the process of recovering hostages and wrongful detainees. – Everett Rutherford	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They are truly responsible for laying the foundations of this disaster by hiring Azaiez in spite of community concerns and, subsequent to that, suppressing the viewpoints of two other board members who have tried to draw attention to this problem, the unfaithful fiveboard members topped all these wrongful actions off by arresting Dustin [Clark, a father of four children in public schools]and I for speaking out against their misguided actions. – Jeremy Story	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
To say we're extremely pleased and grateful is an understatement, this brings justice -- finally -- to a man who has tragically suffered so, so greatly as a result of this wrongful conviction. – Peters Baker	Found on CNN 2 years ago
What we are in search of is the incentive to treat Black men and women with the dignity and respect that their humanity demands. Right now cities have been paying wrongful death suits to the tune of billions of dollars and we haven’t seen a change in the behavior of officers. – Bonnie Watson Coleman	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
No matter how you feel about Mr. Floyd, about his life or his death, Mr. Floyd does not deserve to have this stain and take a wrongful conviction on his record. – Allison Mathis	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I realized at some point :' Hey, you may have to become one of the greatest artists to ever walk this earth in order to get acknowledgement on what happened to you on this wrongful conviction,'. – Valentino Dixon	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's the fight against wrongful convictions and sentencing reform. I didn't have time to just be all overwhelmed. We got to go to work now. – Correctional Facility inmate Dixon	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Our goal has and will always be to support the families of Roger Carstens hostages and wrongful detainees with every available resource and tool. – Roger Carstens	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I am so grateful that new technology is finally able to meet the incredibly high thresholds for righting wrongful convictions in Georgia. – Rodney Zell	Found on CNN 4 years ago
What it means is that Lloyd's family might be able to collect from the estate, they would have an action against the estate because of the wrongful death of their family member. – Robert Bloom	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We are intent on avoiding wrongful convictions and the injustice of inconsistency. – Bruce Rauner	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
At John Jay College, we study both terrorism and the effects of wrongful detention. – Erin Thompson	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The presence of a disability in a child should not be grounds for a lawsuit, it sends the message that there are births that are wrongful. There are no wrongful births. – Senator Creighton	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Wrongful sales practice behavior in our retail banking business ... runs counter to our vision of helping our customers succeed financially and it is not representative of Wells Fargo as an institution. – Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Iran's continued wrongful jailing of Americans is very disturbing, siamak and Baquer Namazi deserve to be free and with their families, and this resolution should push President Obama to step up efforts to bring them home. – Ed Royce	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It's amazing that Vargas will finally be released after more than 16 years of wrongful incarceration. It's time for him to get back to his family and his life. Hopefully, this new evidence will help police catch the true perpetrator. – Justin Brooks	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Bad eyewitness identifications are one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions, it's amazing that Vargas will finally be released after more than 16 years of wrongful incarceration. It's time for him to get back to his family and his life. Hopefully, this new evidence will help police catch the true perpetrator. – Justin Brooks	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The magnitude of Randy's story, or any wrongful death row conviction that's tainted by police or prosecutorial misconduct, is that the government officials guilty of that conduct are really no better than those who commit cold-blooded murder. – Michale Callahan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is killing the Republican Party and setting back the cause of Republican victory for sure, there is no question that Latino perceptions of the GOP are suffering a serious setback at the hands of Trump and those who back his wrongful and noxious language. – Mario Lopez	Found on CNN 8 years ago

Substantially all of Cambodia’s media is now government controlled, it also occurs in the context of [the] ongoing wrongful imprisonment of opposition supporters and routine intimidation of those who continue to operate.

– Sam Rainsy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They are against racial discrimination, but pernicious division and discrimination by race have been ongoing for a long time in admissions, so there is wrongful resistance to a change back to privileging individual merit. Those who see everything through the lens of color, want a superficial skin color result, or benefit from that, should join us in opposing discriminating by race.

– Wai Wah Chin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Russian Federation has wrongfully detained Brittney Griner, the practice of wrongful detention is unacceptable wherever it occurs and is a threat to the safety of everyone traveling, working, and living abroad.

– Elizabeth Rood

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

For all New York’s issues now, the police department is not large enough. Cops have a hard time protecting themselves for fear of being sued and maybe wrongful arrest. It’s a mess.

– Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Punitive damages, on the other hand, are to punish someone for their wrongful conduct.

– Neama Rahmani

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The question remains of how to get the Department of Justice to fully engage in the process of recovering hostages and wrongful detainees.

– Everett Rutherford

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They are truly responsible for laying the foundations of this disaster by hiring Azaiez in spite of community concerns and, subsequent to that, suppressing the viewpoints of two other board members who have tried to draw attention to this problem, the unfaithful fiveboard members topped all these wrongful actions off by arresting Dustin [Clark, a father of four children in public schools]and I for speaking out against their misguided actions.

– Jeremy Story

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

To say we're extremely pleased and grateful is an understatement, this brings justice -- finally -- to a man who has tragically suffered so, so greatly as a result of this wrongful conviction.

– Peters Baker

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What we are in search of is the incentive to treat Black men and women with the dignity and respect that their humanity demands. Right now cities have been paying wrongful death suits to the tune of billions of dollars and we haven’t seen a change in the behavior of officers.

– Bonnie Watson Coleman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

No matter how you feel about Mr. Floyd, about his life or his death, Mr. Floyd does not deserve to have this stain and take a wrongful conviction on his record.

– Allison Mathis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I realized at some point :' Hey, you may have to become one of the greatest artists to ever walk this earth in order to get acknowledgement on what happened to you on this wrongful conviction,'.

– Valentino Dixon

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's the fight against wrongful convictions and sentencing reform. I didn't have time to just be all overwhelmed. We got to go to work now.

– Correctional Facility inmate Dixon

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Our goal has and will always be to support the families of Roger Carstens hostages and wrongful detainees with every available resource and tool.

– Roger Carstens

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I am so grateful that new technology is finally able to meet the incredibly high thresholds for righting wrongful convictions in Georgia.

– Rodney Zell

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What it means is that Lloyd's family might be able to collect from the estate, they would have an action against the estate because of the wrongful death of their family member.

– Robert Bloom

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We are intent on avoiding wrongful convictions and the injustice of inconsistency.

– Bruce Rauner

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

At John Jay College, we study both terrorism and the effects of wrongful detention.

– Erin Thompson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The presence of a disability in a child should not be grounds for a lawsuit, it sends the message that there are births that are wrongful. There are no wrongful births.

– Senator Creighton

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Wrongful sales practice behavior in our retail banking business ... runs counter to our vision of helping our customers succeed financially and it is not representative of Wells Fargo as an institution.

– Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Iran's continued wrongful jailing of Americans is very disturbing, siamak and Baquer Namazi deserve to be free and with their families, and this resolution should push President Obama to step up efforts to bring them home.

– Ed Royce

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It's amazing that Vargas will finally be released after more than 16 years of wrongful incarceration. It's time for him to get back to his family and his life. Hopefully, this new evidence will help police catch the true perpetrator.

– Justin Brooks

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Bad eyewitness identifications are one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions, it's amazing that Vargas will finally be released after more than 16 years of wrongful incarceration. It's time for him to get back to his family and his life. Hopefully, this new evidence will help police catch the true perpetrator.

– Justin Brooks

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The magnitude of Randy's story, or any wrongful death row conviction that's tainted by police or prosecutorial misconduct, is that the government officials guilty of that conduct are really no better than those who commit cold-blooded murder.

– Michale Callahan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is killing the Republican Party and setting back the cause of Republican victory for sure, there is no question that Latino perceptions of the GOP are suffering a serious setback at the hands of Trump and those who back his wrongful and noxious language.

– Mario Lopez

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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