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Author:

Rudolf, David S., author.

Title:

American injustice : inside stories from the underbelly of the criminal justice system / David S. Rudolf.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Custom House,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

viii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Defending the rule of law -- How can you represent "those people"? -- Due process in the criminal justice system -- Southern Justice -- White justice -- Speedy justice -- The front lines -- Terrorists or freedom fighters? -- Shades of gray -- Law enforcement or criminals? -- The coverup -- The most powerful person in the system -- Caught in the cross fire -- The attack on condoms and the First Amendment -- Adam & Eve fight back -- A quiet death by lethal injection -- Set up to be guilty : suggestive false identifications -- Justice for sale : purchasing false testimony -- Hiding the truth : concealing exculpatory evidence -- The usual suspect -- The obvious suspect -- A thousand to one -- Justice delayed -- Coercing false confessions and guilty pleas -- Fabricating confessions -- Abusing the power of science -- Laboratory scandals -- Beyond the limits of science -- I shall be released -- Who killed Shadow Holloman? -- Epilogue : the roots of resistance.

Summary:

"From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix's The Staircase comes an essential examination of America's corrupt and abusive criminal justice system"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

006299736X
9780062997364
0062997351
9780062997357

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1262691346

LCCN:

2021036086

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SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)