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100 1  Bazelon, Emily. 
245 10 Charged :|bthe new movement to transform American 
       prosecution and end mass incarceration /|cEmily Bazelon. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bRandom House,|c2019. 
300    xxxi, 409 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-391) and 
       index. 
505 0  Part I. The power of the charge. Charge ; The hearing ; 
       Bail ; Gun court ; Elections ; Trial ; The guilty plea ; 
       The new D.A.s -- Part II: The quality of mercy. The appeal
       ; Diversion ; The Alford plea ; The dismissal ; The ethics
       trial ; Reform -- Appendix: Twenty-one principles for 
       twenty-first-century prosecutors. 
520    "The American criminal justice system is supposed to be a 
       contest between two equal adversaries, the prosecution and
       the defense, with judges ensuring a fair fight. But in 
       fact, it is prosecutors who have the upper hand, in a 
       contest that is far from equal. More than anyone else, 
       prosecutors decide who goes free and who goes to prison, 
       and even who lives and who dies. The system wasn't 
       designed for this kind of unchecked power, and in Charged,
       Emily Bazelon shows that it is an underreported cause of 
       enormous injustice--and the missing piece in the mass 
       incarceration puzzle. But that's only half the story. 
       Prosecution in America is at a crossroads. The power of 
       prosecutors makes them the actors in the system--the only 
       actors--who can fix what's broken without changing a 
       single law. They can end mass incarceration, protect 
       against coercive plea bargains and convicting the innocent,
       and tackle racial bias. And because in almost every state 
       we, the people, elect prosecutors, it is within our power 
       to reshape the choices they make. In the last few years, 
       for the first time in American history, a wave of reform-
       minded prosecutors has taken office in major cities 
       throughout the country. Bazelon follows them, showing the 
       difference they make for people caught in the system and 
       how they are coming together as a new kind of lobby for 
       justice and mercy. In Charged, Emily Bazelon mounts a 
       major critique of the American criminal justice system--
       and charts the movement for change"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Prosecution|zUnited States|xDecision making. 
650  0 Prosecutorial misconduct|zUnited States. 
650  0 Public prosecutors|zUnited States. 
650  0 Sentences (Criminal procedure)|zUnited States. 
650  0 Imprisonment|zUnited States. 
650  0 Criminal justice, Administration of|xCorrupt practices
       |zUnited States. 
650    Law|xCriminal law|xSentencing. 
650    Political science|xPublic policy|xGeneral. 
650  7 LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing.|2bisacsh  
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.|2bisacsh  
650  7 Criminal justice, Administration of|xCorrupt practices.
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650  7 Sentences (Criminal procedure)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01112638 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
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