The criminal justice system is built on the idea that people can choose whether to obey the law or not, therefore people who don't obey should be punished.

刑事司法体系就是建立在这样一种观点上，人们可以选择是否遵守法律，所以不遵守法律的人会受到惩罚。

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Mr Webb is also pressing for a national review of the criminal-justice system, an idea that helps him with blacks, who make up a lopsided share of America’s prison population.

韦伯也积极呼吁在全国范围内重新审视刑事司法系统，这有助于他得到黑人群体的支持，因为在美国监狱里服刑的人员中，黑人占了大多数。

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Mr Webb is also pressing for a national review of the criminal-justice system, an idea that helps him with blacks, who make up a lopsided share of America's prison population.

韦伯也积极呼吁在全国范围内重新审视刑事司法系统，这有助于他得到黑人群体的支持，因为在美国监狱里服刑的人员中，黑人占了大多数。

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The idea was that if the public knew what a criminal looked like, it would be harder for that person to hide.

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The government seems to realise the difficulties: Ed Balls, the children's secretary, poured cold water on the idea of criminal prosecutions for parents, although the possibility of kicking children out if deception is uncovered was left open.

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The Irish dislike the idea that their system of criminal law could move towards the continental European model.

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President Bashir of Sudan is also attending the summit and he may baulk at the idea of agreeing that the establishment of the International Criminal Court is important for peace and justice.

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