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Manhunt

The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

by James L. Swanson ...

The acclaimed and thrilling account of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the twelve-day chase for John Wilkes Booth, winner of the Edgar Award and adapted into an acclaimed Apple TV+ Series“A terrific narrative of the hunt for Lincoln’s killers that will mesmerize the reader from start to finish.”—Doris Kearns GoodwinThe murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history- ... Read more

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The acclaimed and thrilling account of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the twelve-day chase for John Wilkes Booth, winner of the Edgar Award and adapted into an acclaimed Apple TV+ Series“A terrific narrative of the hunt for Lincoln’s killers that will mesmerize the reader from start to finish.”—Doris Kearns GoodwinThe murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history-
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Charged

The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration

by Emily Bazelon ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned journalist and legal commentator exposes the unchecked power of the prosecutor as a driving force in America’s mass incarceration crisis—and charts a way out.“An important, thoughtful, and thorough examination of criminal justice in America that speaks directly to how we reduce mass incarceration.”—Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy“This harrowing, often ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned journalist and legal commentator exposes the unchecked power of the prosecutor as a driving force in America’s mass incarceration crisis—and charts a way out.“An important, thoughtful, and thorough examination of criminal justice in America that speaks directly to how we reduce mass incarceration.”—Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy“This harrowing, often
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Believe

by Magic G ...

Ever wondered what it is really like inside a South African prison?What do inmates do all day? How do they entertain themselves? What happens when the cells lock at night? How do money, food, friendships, gangs, humour and survival really work behind the walls?And how much of what you think you know about prison is completely wrong?Come with me. Let's take a walk on the wild side.Magic G is not a ... Read more

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Ever wondered what it is really like inside a South African prison?What do inmates do all day? How do they entertain themselves? What happens when the cells lock at night? How do money, food, friendships, gangs, humour and survival really work behind the walls?And how much of what you think you know about prison is completely wrong?Come with me. Let's take a walk on the wild side.Magic G is not a
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Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System

by M. Chris Fabricant ...

Now in an expanded paperback edition, Innocence Project attorney M. Chris Fabricant presents an insider's journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role junk science plays in maintaining the status quo."Fierce and absorbing . . . Fabricant chronicles the battles he and his colleagues have fought to unravel a century of fraudulent experts and the bad court decisions that ... Read more

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Now in an expanded paperback edition, Innocence Project attorney M. Chris Fabricant presents an insider's journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role junk science plays in maintaining the status quo."Fierce and absorbing . . . Fabricant chronicles the battles he and his colleagues have fought to unravel a century of fraudulent experts and the bad court decisions that
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Just Mercy

A Story of Justice and Redemption

by Bryan Stevenson ...

Series series One World Essentials
**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.“[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has inspired me and many others and ... Read more

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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.“[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has inspired me and many others and
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Black Silent Majority

The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment

by Michael Javen Fortner ...

Often seen as a political sop to the racial fears of white voters, aggressive policing and draconian sentencing for illegal drug possession and related crimes have led to the imprisonment of millions of African Americans—far in excess of their representation in the population as a whole. Michael Javen Fortner shows in this eye-opening account that these punitive policies also enjoyed the support ... Read more

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Often seen as a political sop to the racial fears of white voters, aggressive policing and draconian sentencing for illegal drug possession and related crimes have led to the imprisonment of millions of African Americans—far in excess of their representation in the population as a whole. Michael Javen Fortner shows in this eye-opening account that these punitive policies also enjoyed the support
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From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime

The Making of Mass Incarceration in America

by Elizabeth Hinton, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies and Professor of Law ...

Co-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial PrizeA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Wall Street Journal Favorite Book of the YearA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearA Publishers Weekly Favorite Book of the YearIn the United States today, one in every thirty-one adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African ... Read more

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Co-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial PrizeA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Wall Street Journal Favorite Book of the YearA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearA Publishers Weekly Favorite Book of the YearIn the United States today, one in every thirty-one adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African
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Criminal Law

A 1L Success Guide Outline

by Matt Racine ...

Series series Law School Outlines
This is the outline I wish I had when I started my criminal law class as a 1L. It is a concise, actionable outline filled with what you need for law school success. *** In my book, 1L Success Guide, I argue that one of the best ways to succeed in law school is to have skeleton outlines prepared in advance of class so you already have the basic information organized before you attend lecture. ... Read more

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This is the outline I wish I had when I started my criminal law class as a 1L. It is a concise, actionable outline filled with what you need for law school success. *** In my book, 1L Success Guide, I argue that one of the best ways to succeed in law school is to have skeleton outlines prepared in advance of class so you already have the basic information organized before you attend lecture.
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Expert Witness

The Weight of Our Testimony When Justice Hangs in the Balance

by Ann Wolbert Burgess ...

From the author of the critically-acclaimed true crime account, A Killer By Design (the inspiration behind Hulu's original docuseries, Mastermind), a groundbreaking look into the crucial role played by expert witnesses in the most high-profile criminal cases, based on Dr. Ann Burgess’ personal experiences within the criminal justice system.Written through Burgess’ singular lens of compassion and ... Read more

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From the author of the critically-acclaimed true crime account, A Killer By Design (the inspiration behind Hulu's original docuseries, Mastermind), a groundbreaking look into the crucial role played by expert witnesses in the most high-profile criminal cases, based on Dr. Ann Burgess’ personal experiences within the criminal justice system.Written through Burgess’ singular lens of compassion and
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Punishment Without Trial

Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal

by Carissa Byrne Hessick ...

From a prominent criminal law professor, a provocative and timely exploration of how plea bargaining prevents true criminal justice reform and how we can fix it—now in paperbackWhen Americans think of the criminal justice system, the image that comes to mind is a trial-a standard courtroom scene with a defendant, attorneys, a judge, and most important, a jury. It's a fair assumption. The right to ... Read more

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From a prominent criminal law professor, a provocative and timely exploration of how plea bargaining prevents true criminal justice reform and how we can fix it—now in paperbackWhen Americans think of the criminal justice system, the image that comes to mind is a trial-a standard courtroom scene with a defendant, attorneys, a judge, and most important, a jury. It's a fair assumption. The right to
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Perversion of Justice

The Jeffrey Epstein Story

by Julie K. Brown ...

The New York Times Bestseller“A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich.” —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times“Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against powerful interests set against her reporting.” —Ronan Far ... Read more

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The New York Times Bestseller“A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich.” —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times“Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against powerful interests set against her reporting.” —Ronan Far
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Executed on a Technicality

Lethal Injustice on America's Death Row

by David R. Dow ...

When David Dow took his first capital case, he supported the death penalty. He changed his position as the men on death row became real people to him, and as he came to witness the profound injustices they endured: from coerced confessions to disconcertingly incompetent lawyers; from racist juries and backward judges to a highly arbitrary death penalty system.It is these concrete accounts of the ... Read more

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When David Dow took his first capital case, he supported the death penalty. He changed his position as the men on death row became real people to him, and as he came to witness the profound injustices they endured: from coerced confessions to disconcertingly incompetent lawyers; from racist juries and backward judges to a highly arbitrary death penalty system.It is these concrete accounts of the
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Drugs and the FDA

Safety, Efficacy, and the Public's Trust

by Mikkael A. Sekeres ...

How the FDA was shaped by public health crises and patient advocacy, told against a background of the contentious hearings on the breast cancer drug Avastin.Food and Drug Administration approval for COVID-19 vaccines and the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm made headlines, but few of us know much about how the agency does its work. Why is the FDA the ultimate US authority on a drug’s safety ... Read more

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How the FDA was shaped by public health crises and patient advocacy, told against a background of the contentious hearings on the breast cancer drug Avastin.Food and Drug Administration approval for COVID-19 vaccines and the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm made headlines, but few of us know much about how the agency does its work. Why is the FDA the ultimate US authority on a drug’s safety
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My People

Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives

by Charlayne Hunter-Gault ...

“Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work chronicled the civil rights movement and so much of what has transpired since then. My People is the definitive collection of her reportage and commentary. Spanning datelines in the American South, South Africa and points scattered in between, her work constitutes a history of our time as rendered by the ... Read more

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“Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work chronicled the civil rights movement and so much of what has transpired since then. My People is the definitive collection of her reportage and commentary. Spanning datelines in the American South, South Africa and points scattered in between, her work constitutes a history of our time as rendered by the
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We Carry Their Bones

The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

by Erin Kimmerle ...

"With We Carry Their Bones, Erin Kimmerle continues to unearth the true story of the Dozier School, a tale more frightening than any fiction. In a corrupt world, her unflinching revelations are as close as we'll come to justice." –Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer-Prize Winning author of The Nickel Boys and The Underground RailroadForensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier ... Read more

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"With We Carry Their Bones, Erin Kimmerle continues to unearth the true story of the Dozier School, a tale more frightening than any fiction. In a corrupt world, her unflinching revelations are as close as we'll come to justice." –Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer-Prize Winning author of The Nickel Boys and The Underground RailroadForensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier
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Radical Reparations

Healing the Soul of a Nation

by Marcus Anthony Hunter ...

“An urgent call to action, a manifesto for justice, and a blueprint for a more equitable America. . . .It's time we confront our history head-on, and Radical Reparations provides the necessary tools.” —Congresswoman Barbara LeeA timely groundbreaking book in the vein of Derrick Bell's Faces at the Bottom of the Well, one of the country's foremost voices on reparations, offers a radical and vital ... Read more

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“An urgent call to action, a manifesto for justice, and a blueprint for a more equitable America. . . .It's time we confront our history head-on, and Radical Reparations provides the necessary tools.” —Congresswoman Barbara LeeA timely groundbreaking book in the vein of Derrick Bell's Faces at the Bottom of the Well, one of the country's foremost voices on reparations, offers a radical and vital
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How to Launder Money

A guide for law enforcement, prosecutors and policymakers

by George Cottrell, Lawrence Burke Files ...

Money laundering is as old as money itself – and yet the laws designed to prevent it are as ineffective as they ever have been.Today's anti-money laundering (AML) regulations were designed to eliminate profits from drug trafficking and combat tax evasion, terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction. However, the modern laws have done little to stop crime and have instead significantly ... Read more

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Money laundering is as old as money itself – and yet the laws designed to prevent it are as ineffective as they ever have been.Today's anti-money laundering (AML) regulations were designed to eliminate profits from drug trafficking and combat tax evasion, terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction. However, the modern laws have done little to stop crime and have instead significantly
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A Warrant to Kill

A True Story of Obsession, Lies and a Killer Cop

by Kathryn Casey ...

She tried to tell her friends. She even went to the police. No one would believe her--and now she was dead.Problems had always followed Susan White, but when she remarried and moved to Houston's posh suburbs, she thought the past was behind her--until she met a deputy sheriff named Kent McGowen who would soon become her worst nightmare.McGowen was an aggressive cop with a spotty record. When Susan ... Read more

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She tried to tell her friends. She even went to the police. No one would believe her--and now she was dead.Problems had always followed Susan White, but when she remarried and moved to Houston's posh suburbs, she thought the past was behind her--until she met a deputy sheriff named Kent McGowen who would soon become her worst nightmare.McGowen was an aggressive cop with a spotty record. When Susan
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Captive Nation

Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era

by Dan Berger ...

Series series Justice, Power, and Politics
In this pathbreaking book, Dan Berger offers a bold reconsideration of twentieth century black activism, the prison system, and the origins of mass incarceration. Throughout the civil rights era, black activists thrust the prison into public view, turning prisoners into symbols of racial oppression while arguing that confinement was an inescapable part of black life in the United States. Black ... Read more

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In this pathbreaking book, Dan Berger offers a bold reconsideration of twentieth century black activism, the prison system, and the origins of mass incarceration. Throughout the civil rights era, black activists thrust the prison into public view, turning prisoners into symbols of racial oppression while arguing that confinement was an inescapable part of black life in the United States. Black
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"Prisons Make Us Safer"

And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration

by Victoria Law ...

Series Book 9 - Myths Made in America
An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals.The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners—a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to ... Read more

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An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals.The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners—a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to
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The Power of the Prosecutor: Gatekeepers of the Criminal Justice System

Gatekeepers of the Criminal Justice System

by Joan E. Jacoby, Edward C. Ratledge ...

In this book, readers will take a fascinating journey with local prosecutors as they seek to obtain reasonable and appropriate case dispositions while preventing abuse and misuse of the law and protecting the civil rights of their jurisdictions.Prosecutors have a powerful and generally little-understood role in the criminal justice system. Their important powers include accepting or rejecting ... Read more

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In this book, readers will take a fascinating journey with local prosecutors as they seek to obtain reasonable and appropriate case dispositions while preventing abuse and misuse of the law and protecting the civil rights of their jurisdictions.Prosecutors have a powerful and generally little-understood role in the criminal justice system. Their important powers include accepting or rejecting
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Devil's Knot

The True Story of the West Memphis Three

by Mara Leveritt ...

*A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON AND COLIN FIRTH*The West Memphis Three. Accused, convicted…and set free. Do you know their story? A “riveting” (Henry Rollins) exploration of a brutal triple murder and the imprisonment of three innocent teenagers in Arkansas.In 2011, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history was set right when Damien Echols, Jason ... Read more

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*A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON AND COLIN FIRTH*The West Memphis Three. Accused, convicted…and set free. Do you know their story? A “riveting” (Henry Rollins) exploration of a brutal triple murder and the imprisonment of three innocent teenagers in Arkansas.In 2011, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history was set right when Damien Echols, Jason
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The War on Drugs

A History

by David Farber ...

Essays offering a revealing look at the history and legacy of the "War on Drugs" in the United States.Fifty years after President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," the United States government has spent over a trillion dollars fighting a losing battle. In recent years, about 1.5 million people have been arrested annually on drug charges—most of them involving cannabis—and nearly 500,000 ... Read more

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Essays offering a revealing look at the history and legacy of the "War on Drugs" in the United States.Fifty years after President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," the United States government has spent over a trillion dollars fighting a losing battle. In recent years, about 1.5 million people have been arrested annually on drug charges—most of them involving cannabis—and nearly 500,000
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Body Autonomy

Decolonizing Sex Work & Drug Use

Edited by Justice Rivera ...

From erotic labor, to the rights of people who use psychoactive substances, to reproductive health, and carcerality - we are living through a political moment when debates about bodily autonomy are at a fever pitch. Body Autonomy: Decolonizign Sex Work & Drug Use is a bold and timely collection that confronts these charged issues at the intersection of social justice and public health. It reveals ... Read more

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From erotic labor, to the rights of people who use psychoactive substances, to reproductive health, and carcerality - we are living through a political moment when debates about bodily autonomy are at a fever pitch. Body Autonomy: Decolonizign Sex Work & Drug Use is a bold and timely collection that confronts these charged issues at the intersection of social justice and public health. It reveals
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