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American injustice : inside stories from the underbelly of the criminal justice system
Author
Title
American injustice : inside stories from the underbelly of the criminal justice system / David S. Rudolf.
ISBN
9780062997357
0062997351
9780062997364
006299736X
9780062997371
Edition
First edition.
Publication
[New York, New York] : Custom House, [2022]
Physical Description
viii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix's The Staircase comes an essential examination of America's corrupt and abusive criminal justice system"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Rudolf, David S. American injustice New York : Custom House, [2022]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 21, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Defending the rule of law
How can you represent "those people"?
Due process in the criminal justice system
Southern Justice
White justice
Speedy justice
The front lines
Terrorists or freedom fighters?
Shades of gray
Law enforcement or criminals?
The coverup
The most powerful person in the system
Caught in the cross fire
The attack on condoms and the First Amendment
Adam & Eve fight back
A quiet death by lethal injection
Set up to be guilty : suggestive false identifications
Justice for sale : purchasing false testimony
Hiding the truth : concealing exculpatory evidence
The usual suspect
The obvious suspect
A thousand to one
Justice delayed
Coercing false confessions and guilty pleas
Fabricating confessions
Abusing the power of science
Laboratory scandals
Beyond the limits of science
I shall be released
Who killed Shadow Holloman?
Epilogue : the roots of resistance.
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