Let's Get Free : A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice EPUB
by Paul Butler
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Radical ideas for changing the justice system, rooted in the real-life experiences of those in overpoliced communities, from the acclaimed former federal prosecutor and author of Chokehold
Paul Butler was an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Harvard Law grad who gave up his corporate law salary to fight the good fightuntil one day he was arrested on the street and charged with a crime he didn't commit.
In a book Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree calls ';a must-read,' Butler looks at places where ordinary citizens meet the justice systemas jurors, witnesses, and in encounters with the policeand explores what ';doing the right thing' means in a corrupt system. No matter how powerless those caught up in the web of the law may feel, there is a chance to regain agency, argues Butler. Through groundbreaking and sometimes controversial methodsjury nullification (voting ';not guilty' in drug cases as a form of protest), just saying ';no' when the police request your permission to search, and refusing to work inside the system as a snitch or a prosecutorordinary people can tip the system towards actual justice. Let's Get Free is an evocative, compelling look at the steps we can collectively take to reform our broken system.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:The New Press
- Publication Date:08/06/2010
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- ISBN:9781595585103
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:The New Press
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- ISBN:9781595585103