02868nam 2200589Ia 450 991045836560332120200520144314.01-281-15663-997866111566330-19-803942-51-4294-9167-1(CKB)1000000000404015(EBL)415092(OCoLC)476239926(SSID)ssj0000105107(PQKBManifestationID)11130479(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105107(PQKBWorkID)10100410(PQKB)11299032(MiAaPQ)EBC415092(Au-PeEL)EBL415092(CaPaEBR)ebr10180678(CaONFJC)MIL115663(EXLCZ)99100000000040401520060808d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArbitrary justice[electronic resource] the power of the American prosecutor /Angela J. DavisNew York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (261 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517736-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; ONE: Prosecutorial Discretion: Power and Privilege; TWO: The Power to Charge; THREE: Let's Make a Deal: The Power of the Plea Bargain; FOUR: Prosecutors and the Victims of Crime; FIVE: Prosecutors and the Death Penalty; SIX: Federal Prosecutors and the Power of the Attorney General; SEVEN: Prosecutorial Misconduct: The Abuse of Power and Discretion; EIGHT: Prosecutorial Ethics; NINE: Prosecutorial Accountability; TEN: Prospects for Reform; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; WInscribed on the walls of the United States Department of Justice are the lofty words: ""The United States wins its point whenever justice is done its citizens in the courts."" Yet what happens when prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions instead of justice? Why are cases involving educated, well-to-do victims often prosecuted more vigorously than those involving poor, uneducated victims? Why do wealthy defendants frequently enjoy more lenient plea bargains than the disadvantaged?. In this timely work, Angela J. Davis examines the expanding powPublic prosecutorsUnited StatesProsecutionDecision makingUnited StatesElectronic books.Public prosecutorsProsecutionDecision making345.73/01Davis Angela J.1956-892341MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458365603321Arbitrary justice1992820UNINA