However, when prison administrators attempt to administer justice by denying release when the facts presented to them suggest a good prospect for re-entry into society, that is a problem.

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They quoted the late Lord Bingham, who said in a 2005 judgement that such evidence was "unreliable, unfair, offensive to ordinary standards of humanity and decency and incompatible with the principles which should animate a tribunal seeking to administer justice".

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The pardon diminished respect for the Office of the Presidency and shook public confidence in the Justice Department's ability to administer equal justice under the law.

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Indeed, it could have been no easy task for a sitting United States Supreme Court Justice to administer that large of an estate in rural Illinois.

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And we can watch the movie in reverse when violence erupts in zones of anarchy, such as the Wild West, failed states and neighborhoods controlled by mafias and street gangs, who can't call 911 or file a lawsuit to resolve their disputes but have to administer their own rough justice.

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The federal Victims of Crime Act allows the Justice Department to administer money to states to help pay for burial expenses, medical bills and lost wages for crime victims and their families.

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The IRS, working with the Department of Justice, continues to have confidence in the scope of its authority to administer this program.

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The Internal Revenue Service, working with the Department of Justice, continues to have confidence in the scope of its authority to administer this program.

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