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Arbitrary justice : the power of the American prosecutor / Angela J. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Angela J., 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public prosecutors--United States.
- Public prosecutors.
- Prosecution--United States--Decision making.
- Prosecution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Edition:
- [New ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- The author examines the expanding power of prosecutors, from mandatory minimum sentencing laws enhancing prosecutorial control over the outcome of cases to increasing politicization of the office. Drawing on her years of experience as a public defender, Davis demonstrates how the everyday, legal exercise of prosecutorial discretion is responsible for tremendous inequities in criminal justice.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988427-7
- 0-19-985236-7
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