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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"A renowned investigative journalist exposes the unchecked power of the prosecutor as a driving force in America's mass incarceration crisis, and also offers a way out. 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...
Author
Series
Report / Inspector General U.S. Department of Defense volume no. DODIG-2019-064
Publisher
Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3)
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A new breed of reform-minded prosecutors tells their stories about the challenges and successes of making change from inside the system. Growing up in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing projects, Kim Foxx never anticipated that she would become the chief prosecutor in the country's second-biggest county. When Chesa Boudin was a baby, his parents were arrested and incarcerated. Visiting them in prison for decades helped shape his convictions about what...
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Series
Testimony volume GAO-09-636T
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice
Pub. Date
2003]
Language
English
Description
Female victims of domestic violence are often reluctant to prosecute their abuser. United States prosecutors have therefore adopted "no-drop", or evidence-based policies, which call for the prosecution of all cases of family violence if there is legal evidence to support such prosecution, regardless of the wishes of the victim. This study analyses the effects of various applications of the "no drop" policy on victims' feelings of personal empowerment,...