Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-331) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Bryan Stevenson -- The myth of the adversary system -- The all-powerful prosecutor -- A poor person's justice -- Judges and the politics of crime -- The whitewashed jury -- Courts of profit -- The madness of measuring mental disorders -- An excess of punishment -- More justice, less crime.
Summary:
"A legendary lawyer and a legal scholar reveal the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts. The Fear of Too Much Justice offers a timely, trenchant, firsthand critique of our criminal courts and points the way toward a more just future"-- Provided by publisher. Bright and Kwak expose the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts. They offer a timely, trenchant, firsthand critique of our criminal court system, particularly in the American South, when it comes to poor people and people of color accused of crime. Counter-examples highlight court systems around the country that are making progress toward just, and point the way toward a more just future. -- adapted from jacket
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