impunity

The recent homicides continue an enduring problem in the California prison system: Inmates already serving life sentences — and who have nothing to lose by incurring more time — committing killings seemingly with impunity.

Last month, he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, urging lawmakers to take action to stop what he characterized as low-level drug dealers selling with impunity on Snapchat and other social media apps.

Ms Kojima said that the media industry in particular, has long had a culture of impunity and lack of accountability where many young women felt they must keep silent to keep their jobs.

It is an attitude that needs to change, she adds: "People are out there taking risks with people's lives, and they can do so with impunity."

Wagner said the international community had allowed Rwandan President Paul Kagame decades of impunity and failed to hold him accountable for violating international law.