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Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration

by Boston Athenaeum & Commonwealth Club of California & Library Talks & NYT’s Book Review & The Argument

The American criminal justice system is supposed to be a contest between two equal adversaries, the prosecution and the defense, with judges ensuring a fair fight. That image of the law does not match the reality in the courtroom, however. Much of the time, it is prosecutors more than judges who control the outcome of a case, from choosing the charge to sett

Publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

Publication date

May 05, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9780399590030