Obras por Emily Bazelon
Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy (2013) 245 exemplares
Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (2019) 156 exemplares
The Battle Over Gender Therapy 1 exemplar
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Prosecutors in most places: get to request bail way above what is necessary to return defendants to court, leaving them stuck in jail; choose which charges to press in an arbitrarily punitive way; demand a severe penalty in sentencing for going to trial compared to taking a plea; and thus they have the power to pressurise innocent defendants into plea bargains. They also have the right to withhold exculpatory evidence during plea negotiations, and the effective power to illegally hide it during trial. On top of this, prosecutors have immunity from civil rights lawsuits for actions taken in preparing for or trying a case. The adversarial system and elected district attorney positions incentivize prosecutors to play hardball to win tough punishments, instead of using prison-diversion programs that may result in better outcomes for recidivism.
But more progressive-minded prosecutors are being elected, who demand bail for release only where necessary and seek to do their part to reduce crime without resort to mass incarceration.… (mais)