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An excellent treatise by an equal justice lawyer who is both down in the trenches and speaking on hilltops to change our justice system. This book is an indictment of our system -- not only its racial inequities but it's overly harsh treatment of everyone through mandatory minimums, 3 strikes, trying and sentencing juveniles as adults, and extensive use of the death penalty in some states. The bottom line is that the system fails everyone except the very rich most of the time.
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Worthy of the hype. An important book about the state of our criminal justice system and broader questions about what sort of society we want to have. The stories are heartbreaking and unfortunately commonplace.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
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