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Fixing Legal Injustice in America

- The Case for a Defender General of the United States
Af: Andrea D. Lyon Engelsk Hardback

Fixing Legal Injustice in America

- The Case for a Defender General of the United States
Af: Andrea D. Lyon Engelsk Hardback
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The United States needs someone who represents the poor and disenfranchised. Someone who has a seat at the table for any discussions of policy, funding, or priorities in the administration of justice. The United States needs a Defender General.

In these times of reckoning—at last—with America’s original sin of slavery and racist policies, with police misconduct, and with mass-incarceration, many in our country ask, “What can we do?”

In this powerful and insightful book, Andrea D. Lyon explicates what is wrong with the criminal justice system through clients’ stories and historical perspective, and makes the compelling case for the need for reform at the center of the system; not just its edges. Lyon, suggests that we should create an office of the Defender General of the United States and give it the same level of importance as the Attorney General and the Solicitor General. Such an office would not be held by someone who represents law enforcement, or corporate America, but rather by someone who represents and advocates for accused individuals, collectively before the powers that be. A Defender General would raise his or her voice against injustices like those involving the unnecessary killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, or the Texas Supreme Court’s refusal to let an innocent man, cleared by DNA, out of prison. The United States needs a Defender General.

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The United States needs someone who represents the poor and disenfranchised. Someone who has a seat at the table for any discussions of policy, funding, or priorities in the administration of justice. The United States needs a Defender General.

In these times of reckoning—at last—with America’s original sin of slavery and racist policies, with police misconduct, and with mass-incarceration, many in our country ask, “What can we do?”

In this powerful and insightful book, Andrea D. Lyon explicates what is wrong with the criminal justice system through clients’ stories and historical perspective, and makes the compelling case for the need for reform at the center of the system; not just its edges. Lyon, suggests that we should create an office of the Defender General of the United States and give it the same level of importance as the Attorney General and the Solicitor General. Such an office would not be held by someone who represents law enforcement, or corporate America, but rather by someone who represents and advocates for accused individuals, collectively before the powers that be. A Defender General would raise his or her voice against injustices like those involving the unnecessary killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, or the Texas Supreme Court’s refusal to let an innocent man, cleared by DNA, out of prison. The United States needs a Defender General.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 150
ISBN-13: 9781538164655
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1538164655
Udg. Dato: 15 aug 2022
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 223mm
Højde: 146mm
Forlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato: 15 aug 2022
Forfatter(e): Andrea D. Lyon
Forfatter(e) Andrea D. Lyon


Kategori Strafudmåling og straf


ISBN-13 9781538164655


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 150


Udgave


Længde 18mm


Bredde 223mm


Højde 146mm


Udg. Dato 15 aug 2022


Oplagsdato 15 aug 2022


Forlag Rowman & Littlefield

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