| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
ix, 257 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Please don't come : on what happens when a black woman must aid in a deportation arrest -- Wanna see something funny? : on being trained by a white colleague how to interrogate a black defendant -- I want no part of this : on the older black woman victim who pleads for lenience for a young black defendant -- She needed me to believe her : on the domestic violence survivor afraid to be judged -- That's not me : on the real case of mistaken identity -- A seat at the (right) table : on the tension between black defense attorneys and prosecutors -- Babyface : on the conviction of a baby-faced defendant who acts against his self-interest -- There's still time : on prosecuting a mother for child abuse while faced with the prospect of losing my own -- Not their son, too : on watching the victim's family beg not to have their son's murderer go to prison -- No one who had been raped would have : on watching a female judge victim-blame a teenage girl based on her courtroom attire -- She's always been such a good girl : on cross-examining a naive and helpless mother trying to defend her daughter on trial -- Grandstanding for justice : on the roles we play within the grand jury -- "The chew" : on the role of privilege in charging decisions -- I just don't believe in it : on the tension between illegal and wrong -- Chess pie : on a prosecutor embraced outside of the courtroom -- It didn't have to happen to me : on the haunting effect of secondary trauma -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"A powerful true story and groundbreaking account of bias in the courtroom from CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates, recounting her time as a Black female prosecutor for the US Department of Justice"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Coates, Laura.
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African American public prosecutors -- United States -- Biography.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
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African American public prosecutors. (OCoLC)fst00799326
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration. (OCoLC)fst00895034
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Coates, Laura. Just pursuit New York : Simon & Schuster, [2022] 9781982173784 (DLC) 2021041620 |
| ISBN |
9781982173760 (hardcover) |
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1982173769 (hardcover) |
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9781982173784 (ebook) |
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