From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix’s The Staircase comes an essent
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When is killing an abusive partner an act of murder, and when is it self-defense? How does our criminal justice system d
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The murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his assailant, George Zimmerman,
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The Innocent and the Criminal Justice System examines competing perspectives on, and definitions of, miscarriages of jus
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Usual Cruelty The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System Alec Karakatsanis From an award-winning civil r
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The rule of law has vanished in America's criminal justice system. Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how se
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American criminal justice is a dysfunctional mess. Cops are too violent, the punishments are too punitive, and the so-ca
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Written by an established author in the field, this book explores the politics of modernisation and transformation of pr
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Drug courts—a rare success story in the criminal justice system—are generally credited with reducing recidivism and prov
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In After Homicide, Sarah Goodrum examines the experiences of the families of murder victims as they encounter detectives
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