Charged the new movement to transform American prosecution and end mass incarceration
"The American criminal justice system is supposed to be a contest between two equal adversaries, the prosecution and the defense, with judges ensuring a fair fight. But in fact, it is prosecutors who have the upper hand, in a contest that is far from equal. More than anyone else, prosecutors de...
| Main Author: | Bazelon, Emily (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. The power of the charge. Charge ; The hearing ; Bail ; Gun court ; Elections ; Trial ; The guilty plea ; The new D.A.s
- Part II: The quality of mercy. The appeal ; Diversion ; The Alford plea ; The dismissal ; The ethics trial ; Reform
- Appendix: Twenty-one principles for twenty-first-century prosecutors.