The Resource Charged : the new movement to transform American prosecution and end mass incarceration, Emily Bazelon
Charged : the new movement to transform American prosecution and end mass incarceration, Emily Bazelon
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- Summary
- "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 decide who goes free and who goes to prison, and even who lives and who dies. The system wasn't designed for this kind of unchecked power, and in Charged, Emily Bazelon shows that it is an underreported cause of enormous injustice--and the missing piece in the mass incarceration puzzle. But that's only half the story. Prosecution in America is at a crossroads. The power of prosecutors makes them the actors in the system--the only actors--who can fix what's broken without changing a single law. They can end mass incarceration, protect against coercive plea bargains and convicting the innocent, and tackle racial bias. And because in almost every state we, the people, elect prosecutors, it is within our power to reshape the choices they make. In the last few years, for the first time in American history, a wave of reform-minded prosecutors has taken office in major cities throughout the country. Bazelon follows them, showing the difference they make for people caught in the system and how they are coming together as a new kind of lobby for justice and mercy. In Charged, Emily Bazelon mounts a major critique of the American criminal justice system--and charts the movement for change"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxxi, 409 pages
- Contents
-
- Charge
- Hearing
- Bail
- Gun court
- Election
- Trial
- Guilty plea
- The New D.A.s
- Appeal
- Diversion
- Alford plea
- Dismissal
- Ethics trial
- Reform
- Isbn
- 9780399590016
- Label
- Charged : the new movement to transform American prosecution and end mass incarceration
- Title
- Charged
- Title remainder
- the new movement to transform American prosecution and end mass incarceration
- Statement of responsibility
- Emily Bazelon
- Subject
-
- Imprisonment
- Imprisonment -- United States
- LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
- Prosecution -- Decision making
- Prosecution -- United States -- Decision making
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices
- Prosecutorial misconduct -- United States
- Public prosecutors
- Public prosecutors -- United States
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States
- United States
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 decide who goes free and who goes to prison, and even who lives and who dies. The system wasn't designed for this kind of unchecked power, and in Charged, Emily Bazelon shows that it is an underreported cause of enormous injustice--and the missing piece in the mass incarceration puzzle. But that's only half the story. Prosecution in America is at a crossroads. The power of prosecutors makes them the actors in the system--the only actors--who can fix what's broken without changing a single law. They can end mass incarceration, protect against coercive plea bargains and convicting the innocent, and tackle racial bias. And because in almost every state we, the people, elect prosecutors, it is within our power to reshape the choices they make. In the last few years, for the first time in American history, a wave of reform-minded prosecutors has taken office in major cities throughout the country. Bazelon follows them, showing the difference they make for people caught in the system and how they are coming together as a new kind of lobby for justice and mercy. In Charged, Emily Bazelon mounts a major critique of the American criminal justice system--and charts the movement for change"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bazelon, Emily
- Dewey number
- 345.73/05042
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF9640
- LC item number
- .B39 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Prosecution
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Public prosecutors
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Imprisonment
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Imprisonment
- Prosecution
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Public prosecutors
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- United States
- Label
- Charged : the new movement to transform American prosecution and end mass incarceration, Emily Bazelon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-391) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Charge -- Hearing -- Bail -- Gun court -- Election -- Trial -- Guilty plea -- The New D.A.s -- Appeal -- Diversion -- Alford plea -- Dismissal -- Ethics trial -- Reform
- Control code
- on1055568774
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxxi, 409 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399590016
- Lccn
- 2018045826
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1055568774
- Label
- Charged : the new movement to transform American prosecution and end mass incarceration, Emily Bazelon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-391) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Charge -- Hearing -- Bail -- Gun court -- Election -- Trial -- Guilty plea -- The New D.A.s -- Appeal -- Diversion -- Alford plea -- Dismissal -- Ethics trial -- Reform
- Control code
- on1055568774
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxxi, 409 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399590016
- Lccn
- 2018045826
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1055568774
Subject
- Imprisonment
- Imprisonment -- United States
- LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
- Prosecution -- Decision making
- Prosecution -- United States -- Decision making
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices
- Prosecutorial misconduct -- United States
- Public prosecutors
- Public prosecutors -- United States
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States
- United States
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices -- United States
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