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03275aam a2200397 i 4500 001 E6955AB2084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 230519t20242024nyu b 001 0 eng c 020 $a 0393867838 020 $a 9780393867831 035 $a (OCoLC)1379265154 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d LMJ $d HSA $d OCLCO $d JAS $d OCLCO $d N#V $d FSP $d YDX $d VP@ $d GUL $d WLL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 04 $a KF9223 R63 2024 050 04 $a KF9223 T73 2024 082 04 $a 342.085 100 1 $a Tsai, Robert L., $d 1971- $e author. 245 10 $a Demand the impossible : $b one lawyer's pursuit of equal justice for all / $c Robert L. Tsai. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, N.Y. : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2024] 300 $a 227 pages : $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index. 505 0 $a Smoking gun : Amadeo v. Zant -- Poverty and reform : Snyder v. Louisiana -- Democracy and race : Foster v. Chatman -- Intellectual disability : McWilliams v. Dunn. 520 $a Stephen Bright emerged on the scene as a cause lawyer in the early decades of mass incarceration, when inflammatory politics and harsh changes to criminal justice policy were crashing down on the most vulnerable members of society. He dedicated his career to unleashing social change by representing clients that society had long ago discarded, and advocated for all to receive a fair trial. In Demand the Impossible, Robert L. Tsai traces Bright's remarkable career to explore the legal ideas that were central to his relentless pursuit of equal justice. For nearly forty years, Bright led the Southern Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit that provided legal aid to incarcerated people and worked to improve conditions within the justice system. He argued four capital cases before the US Supreme Court--and won each one, despite facing an increasingly hostile bench. With each victory, he brought to light how the law itself had become corrupted by the country's thirst for severe punishment, exposing prosecutorial misconduct, continuing racial inequality, inadequate safeguards for people with intellectual disabilities, and the shameful quality of legal representation for the poor. Organized around these four major Supreme Court cases, each narrated in vivid and dramatic detail, Tsai's essential account explores the racism built into the criminal justice system and the incredible advancements one lawyer and his committed allies made for equal rights. An electrifying work of legal history, Demand the Impossible reveals how change can be won in even the most challenging times and how seemingly small victories can go on to have outsized effects -- $c Front jacket flap. 600 10 $a Bright, Stephen B., $d 1948- 650 0 $a Civil rights lawyers $z United States. 650 0 $a Criminal defense lawyers $z United States. 650 0 $a Due process of law $z United States $x Cases. 650 0 $a Criminal justice, Administration of $z United States $x Cases. 650 0 $a Civil rights $z United States $x Cases. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013506.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E6955AB2084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search