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The price of mercy : unfair trials, a violent system, and a public defender's search for justice in America Cover Image Book

The price of mercy : unfair trials, a violent system, and a public defender's search for justice in America / Emily Galvin Almanza.

Galvin Almanza, Emily, 1983- (author.).

Summary:

"A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America's criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite-and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780593799116
  • ISBN: 0593799119
  • ISBN: 9780593799130
  • ISBN: 0593799135
  • Physical Description: viii, 375 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown, [2026]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-362) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The problem. Outsiders on the inside: the power of public defense -- All rise: judges, bail, and being human on the bench -- The grind: the maze of court dates and their consequences -- Bad incentives in a bad system: how the structure of policing enables misconduct -- What we talk about when we talk about crime: how media obscures the truth about safety -- A game of telephone: favoring expediency over transparency, and precedent over fairness -- Weird science: how bad forensics leads to bad convictions -- Finders of fact: juries: who wields power, who is excluded, and what they're allowed to know -- An unwinnable game: how prisons--and release--set people up to fail -- Redefine success -- Sunlight is the best disinfectant -- Unclog the system -- Accountability over punishment -- A budget is a statement of values.

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Criminal courts > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Public defenders > United States.
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Informational works.

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