Angela J. Davis

Arbitrary Justice (eBook, ePUB)

The Power of the American Prosecutor

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this eye-opening work, Angela J. Davis shines a much-needed light on the power of American prosecutors, revealing how the day-to-day practice of even the most well-intentioned prosecutors can result in unequal treatment of defendants and victims and gross inequities in criminal justice. For the paperback edition, Davis provides a new Afterword which covers such recent incidents of prosecutorial abuse as the Jena Six case, the Duke lacrosse case, the Department of Justice firings, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199884278
• Artikelnr.: 42727628

Autorenporträt

Angela J. Davis is Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. Prior to becoming a law professor, she was a public defender at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia for twelve years. She has appeared on various TV and radio programs, written op-eds for the Washington Post, and is often invited to speak to national legal organizations.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Prosecutorial Discretion: Power and Privilege
2: The Power to Charge
3: Let's Make a Deal: The Power of the Plea Bargain
4: Prosecutor and the Victims of Crime
5: Prosecutor and the Dealth Penalty
6: Federal Prosecutors and the power of the Attorney General
7: Prosecutorial Misconduct: the Abuse of Power and Discretion
8: Prosecutorial Ethnics
9: Prosecutorial Responsibility
10: Prospects for Reform
Afterword
Notes