Kudos to The Dispatch and editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman for his Saturday "Stand your ground" cartoon, which reminded us that justice must stay blind. Part of our Judeo-Christian legacy is a ...

In the 1970s, in an effort to rationalize and de-individualize justice, California adopted a policy known as determinate sentencing. No longer would there be punishments like three to 10 years in ...

Blind Justice. By Maureen Martin (1947 – 2013) Published September 26, 2012 . The Sacramento Public Library partnered with Barnes and Noble in a pilot program to put at least one Nook e-reader in each ...

If MLK was exhausted in 1963, the patience of others desperate for color-blind justice is surely at an end by now. That exasperation exploded in protest and violence in the wake of the killing of ...

Lady Justice is famously depicted blindfolded. ... Blind justice By . Post Editorial Board. Published Oct. 29, 2013, 4:16 a.m. ET. Judge Shira Scheindlin AP Photo/Richard Drew ...

Regarding your editorial "The 'Empathy' Nominee" (May 27): Judge Sonia Sotomayor's speech at a La Raza function in Berkeley, Calif. in 2001 has become famous for the candid statement of her belief ...

Justice is supposed to be blind — but a Brooklyn juror was allegedly kicked out of court because he couldn’t see. Albert Elia, a blind lawyer who uses a guide dog and assistive technology, ...

The idea of blind justice, handed down equally without fear or favor, untempered by ideological sentiment or the dictates of a ruling political authority, is an enduring one. It is ancient and ...