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200 10$aArbitrary justice$b[electronic resource] $ethe power of the American prosecutor /$fAngela J. Davis
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (261 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-517736-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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; W
330   $aInscribed 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 pow
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