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Author
Publisher
Optimism Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The founder and CEO of The Bail Project, sharing her journey as a public defender, presents this story about confronting injustice and challenging ourselves to rediscover a shared humanity, exploring what it will take to move beyond the current justice paradigm.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Recounting the January 6th attack on the Capitol building, a Justice reporter for NBC News, in this work of incredible reportage, gets to know the would-be revolutionaries, obsessive online sleuths and FBI agents, shining a light on a justice system struggling to maintain order in our polarized country.
Author
Language
English
Description
"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan's war on drugs, journalist Donovan X. Ramsey's exacting work exposes the undeniable links between the last triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement and the consequences we live with today-a racist criminal justice system, continued mass incarceration and gentrification, and increased police brutality. When...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"James Comey, former FBI Director and New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he's had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a force for good the US justice system can be, and how...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Bernard Kerik was New York City's police commissioner during the 9/11 attacks, who became an American hero as he led the NYPD through rescue and recovery efforts of the World Trade Center. His résumé as a public servant is long and storied, and includes honors from President Ronald Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II, and the NYPD's Medal for Valor for saving his partner in a gun battle. In 2004, Kerik was nominated by President George W. Bush to head the...
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
How do wrongful convictions happen, and what are the consequences for the lucky few who are acquitted, years after they are proven innocent? Fourteen exonerated inmates narrate their stories, while another exoneree's case is explored. They detail every aspect of the experience of wrongful conviction, as well as the remarkable depths of endurance sustained by each exoneree who never lost hope.
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