Justice System

Alexandra Wilson was a teenager when her dear family friend Ayo was stabbed on his way home from football. Ayo's death changed Alexandra. She felt compelled to enter the legal profession in search of answers. As a junior criminal and family law barrister, Alexandra finds herself navigating a world and a set of rules designed by a privileged few. A world in which fellow barristers sigh with relief when a racist judge retires: 'I've got a black kid today and he would have had no hope'.

Unlock the intricate nexus of gender and penology with this compelling new eBook, "Gender and Penology." Dive deep into the multifaceted world of criminal justice as it intersects with gender, revealing critical insights and essential knowledge for scholars, professionals, and anyone interested in the complexities of this dynamic field. Begin your journey with a thorough introduction to gender and penology, laying the groundwork with an exploration of penological concepts and a historical analysis of women's roles in the criminal justice system. Unravel the stark gender disparities in ...

Have you ever wondered what a judge is really thinking? To most people, judges are mysterious creatures. Judge Mader shines a bright spotlight on the hidden folds of the judging world. The old saying is that judges merely "follow the law". Yet following the law can produce wildly different results depending upon each judge's background, politics, and life experiences. Even the floor of the courthouse to which a case is assigned can mean the difference between prison and freedom. Never before has the judging world been laid bare for all to see.

This Handbook is designed for both prosecutors and defense counsel alike as well as anyone interested in the prosecutor’s role sand functions. Its modest goal is to eradicate what is called “prosecutor misconduct”. While this Handbook may serve as a guidebook for prosecutors, it also arms defense counsel with information that can be used to ensure that their clients receive a fair trial. An example of how the Handbook simultaneously guides prosecutors and arms defense counsel is that it spells out what a prosecutor is prohibited by law and ethical rules from saying in trial. By ...

A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America's criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite—and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it.

Only 30 years ago, rape within marriage was not a crime, Judges saw rape victims as complicit for wearing short skirts; teenage runaways were groomed, pimped and then arrested as ‘common prostitutes’, and harassment, stalking, forced marriage and honour-based violence were not defined or recognised as separate offences in law. Since then there have been important legislative reforms but the law is only as good as those who enforce it. Telling the stories of a series of ground-breaking cases, Harriet Wistrich illustrates how far misogyny is baked into our justice system.

Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But many of these so-called reforms actually widen the net, weaving in new strands of punishment and control, and bringing new populations, who would not otherwise have been subject to imprisonment, under physical control by the state.

“He pulled his weapon from his holster and opened the chamber. After inserting one cartridge, he spun the cylinder, put it to his head and pulled the trigger.” – DWI: Dying While Intoxicated. When does the law cease to serve justice? When is action beyond the letter of the law justified? When? By Whom? E.S. Kraay – best known for his three historical novels – explores new territory with his cop-thriller "DWI: Dying While Intoxicated." Harold Huck is a happily married man with two fine sons and a beautiful wife. In 1965, life in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts is grand...

Some predators wear masks. Some wear power. FBI Special Agent Maggie Lawson doesn’t ask for backup. She doesn’t need permission. But when her case gets shut down and her badge is stripped away, she knows she is getting close. When a young woman is found dead—staged, scrubbed, erased—Maggie senses the work of something organized. The deeper she digs, the tighter the net pulls around her. Her investigation unearths a trafficking network hidden behind corporate shells and government complicity. But inside her own agency, allies are scarce. Colleagues whisper. And Maggie? She feels eyes...

How far would you go to protect the ones you love? For Ryan and Elena, the answer lies in the shadows of Havenstad, where every job is a gamble and every ally could be a traitor. As they take on corrupt elites and ruthless gangs, they’re forced to confront their own demons—and the sacrifices they’re willing to make to build a life free from the sins of their past.

Where justice meets corruption—and one prosecutor stands at the crossroads. In the shadows of jazz clubs and beneath the canopy of moss-draped oaks, a far more sinister rhythm pulsed through the streets of New Orleans: the grip of organized crime. Mobster-ville Magistrate: The Story Behind the Story pulls back the curtain on a world few have truly seen—one where American Mafia influence shaped politics, police, and even the courts. This powerful nonfiction companion to the novel Magistrate in Mobster-ville reveals the true-life inspirations behind a gripping tale of legal warfare and ...

Nothing exposed the racism in the societies like the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the hidden racism as the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the racism in the healthcare as the Covid19 did. Nothing, not even all the preachments from times past, exposed the impact of racism on minority’s poor populations as the Covid19 did. What was hidden was exposed. The stinking waste matter smeared and covered under the carpet started to stink for all to smell. It was indeed a foul smell. The deniers of racism were exposed for their pretend denials and for the lies they told. The design to keep certain ...

This book isn’t about Lucy Letby as such, it is not even about the question of her guilt and innocence, as that is a hugely complex Gordian knot. What this book is about is fairness and equality before the police, the CPS, the prosecution and eventually, the jury. The Cheshire Police hired the experts that provided the evidence and made the case under the pretentious banner of Operation Hummingbird, it sounds grand and professional but it was, as we will show, heavily based on bias opinion, self-serving promotion, and a disturbing individual prejudice but more importantly - confirmation ...

Based on first-hand interviews with survivors, people who have committed offences, and others on the frontlines, Indictment puts the Canadian criminal justice system on trial and proposes a bold new vision of transformative justice.

A significant element of the justice system is dedicated to finding those on the run, and the most-wanted posters and true-crime television shows have made fugitives seemingly ubiquitous figures of fear and fascination for the public. In On the Lam, Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella trace the history of fugitives in the United States by looking at the characters - real and fictional - who have played the roles of the hunter and the hunted. They also examine the origins of the bail system and other legal tools, such as most-wanted programs, that are designed to guard against flight.

Grounded in research and rich with personal narrative, Hidden Healers is a poignant and riveting look inside women's prisons and jails—and what we can do to help.

Barrister Charlotte Proudman has represented countless women in cases spanning rape, domestic abuse, child abduction, forced marriage and female genital mutilation. She has seen first-hand how the family court deepens the trauma of vulnerable women, staking their futures on the biases of individual judges and forcing them to endure the torture of a judicial process that stretches over months and sometimes years.

Seattle attorney and media legal analyst Anne Bremner takes us inside some of the biggest cases of recent times and offers her expert insights and analysis as our legal system faces unprecedented forces fighting to tip the scales of justice their way. Justice in the Age of Judgement is Bremner’s unparalleled and unflinching look at the captivating cases tried on Twitter and TV, where the burden of proof and fundamental legal tenet of “innocent until proven guilty” is under assault from the court of public opinion.

The Plea of Innocence offers a fundamental reform of the adversarial system: plausibly innocent people may now plead innocent and require the government to search for exonerating facts; in return, they will be required to waive their right to remain silent, speak to government agents, and participate in a search for truth. While almost all the participants within the system hope that only guilty people will be convicted, the unfortunate reality is that innocent people are convicted and imprisoned at an alarming rate.

Brian Branigan was the victim in Twelfth Grade of a false sexual molestation allegation by his younger step-sister. Those lies resulted in Brian being kicked out of his home and banished from the family he loved. Now eleven years later Brian is again being framed. He is arrested and charged with theft from the auto parts store where he had just begun work and the evidence pointing to him is damning. Brian hires a young female attorney with only six weeks of experience to help him. Will "Lady Injustice" once again torment Brian and prevent him from proving his innocence? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: ...