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Charged : the new movement to transform American prosecution and end mass incarceration / Emily Bazelon.

Publisher's description: 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 any...

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Main Author: Bazelon, Emily (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Prosecution > United States > Decision making.
Prosecutorial misconduct > United States.
Public prosecutors > United States.
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Imprisonment > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Corrupt practices > United States.
United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Corrupt practices.
Imprisonment.
Prosecution > Decision making.
Prosecutorial misconduct.
Public prosecutors.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Table of Contents:
  • Charge
  • The hearing
  • Bail
  • Gun court
  • Elections
  • Trial
  • The guilty plea
  • The new D.A.s
  • The appeal
  • Diversion
  • The Alford plea
  • The dismissal
  • The ethics trial
  • Reform
  • Appendix. Twenty-one principles for twenty-first-century prosecutors.

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