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“An important, thoughtful, and thorough examination of criminal justice in America that speaks directly to how we reduce mass incarceration and increase fairness . . . comprehensive and beautifully written, a book every policy maker should read.”—Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy “This book made me feel better. Hopeful, even! Because Emily Bazelon, cogent and clear-eyed as ever, lays out a welcome double-barreled argument: A prosecutorial shift toward mercy and fairness is crucial to healing our busted criminal justice system, and it’s already happening. What’s that, you say? You want step-by-step instructions for how to reform your local prosecutor’s office? No sweat: Charged has that, too. Just skip to the end.”—Sarah Koenig, host of Serial   “In this deeply researched, elegantly told book, Emily Bazelon reveals how unchecked prosecutorial power has damaged the American justice system. Charged shows that our courts are not level playing fields. Rather, accused citizens, defense attorneys, and even judges are at the mercy of prosecutors who have used their influence to drive the prison boom. This harrowing, often enraging book is a hopeful one, as well, profiling innovative new approaches and the frontline advocates who champion them. This is a necessary read for those who care about inequality, the law, and the future of American justice.”—Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted“An insightful, highly readable examination of local prosecutors—who they are, what they do, and how they do it . . . At a moment when electing progressive prosecutors has become a cornerstone of the movement against mass incarceration, this book offers reasons for both caution and hope.”—James Forman, Jr., Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Locking Up Our Own“Emily Bazelon brings urgent issues of criminal justice to life by telling the gripping stories of real people in a way that few writers can do. Charged is that rare page-turner—as deeply researched as its complex subject of criminal prosecution requires, as dramatic as the American dilemma of mass incarceration demands, and as practical as our hunger for bipartisan solutions to politically intractable problems calls for.”—Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor and professor of constitutional Law, Harvard Law School   “For years, Emily Bazelon has been exposing the incessant horror of the American criminal justice system with excruciating clarity. Now, in Charged, she walks the reader through the steps of a criminal case, untangling our impenetrable and complex system and providing crucial context for understanding the depths of the problem. Touching, unnerving, and at times infuriating, Charged is for novices and experts alike—a book for anyone concerned about those suffering from injustice, and outraged by those perpetuating it.”—Josie Duffy Rice, co-host of the Justice in America podcast and senior strategist at The Justice Collaborative

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About the Author

Emily Bazelon is a staff  writer at The New York Times Magazine, the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law, and a lecturer at Yale Law School. Her previous book is the national bestseller  Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. She’s also a co-host of the  Slate Political Gabfest, a popular weekly podcast. Before joining the  Times  Magazine, Bazelon was a writer and editor at  Slate, where she co-founded the women’s section “DoubleX.” She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Product details

Series: MLP Episode Adaptations

Hardcover: 448 pages

Publisher: Random House (April 9, 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0399590013

ISBN-13: 978-0399590016

Product Dimensions:

6.1 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.5 out of 5 stars

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…whose death, civil and literal, warn us that no one can breathe in this atmosphere.” So wrote Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in her dissenting opinion in the case “Utah v. Strieff.” (It was decided on a 5-3 basis). The case involved an illegal police stop. Even the prosecution agreed that there was not a sufficient basis to stop the man. So what?, was the essential response of Justice Clarence Thomas. They found something, and that made up for the police officer’s “good-faith mistake.” Whew! Did you hear a “Founding Father” or two rolling over in his grave, his slumber disturbed by the vaporization of “probable cause” and “unwarranted search and seizures”? And all this had nothing to do with “national security,” a favorite alibi for almost anything unlawfully done by the government. Sotomayor’s “canaries” are one of the many excellent points the author makes in this very important book.When the Vine Program offered me this book to review, I thought that the name Emily Bazelon was familiar. Sure enough, upon checking, I had read her exposé in the “New York Times Magazine” about Noura Jackson, who had spent nine years in prison due to prosecutor misconduct. And a “plug” from fellow author Matthew Desmond, whose impressive book “Evicted,” which I also received from the Vine program a few years back, giving it my special 6-star rating, was also a strong catalyst for hitting the “Please send” button.Who amongst us does not believe that we have some very serious problems in America? And who amongst us does not believe that the mass incarceration of our own citizens, far, far in excess of any other country in the world, including the most despotic, must rank in the top 5 on the problem list? Our own “gulag,” an appropriate word that the author does not use but describes in painful detail. Bazelon provides an incisive analysis into the problem of mass incarceration as well as a positive, constructive way out it.“Tough on crime.” That’s “preaching to the converted.” A worthy goal. For the last 15 years I’ve lived in a city that now ranks #1 in auto theft, and, at least impressionistically, seems to be the “murder capital of the USA”, but actually is not. Last year, two of the murders were beheadings, and in one case, the body was so mutilated that the police could not initially determine if it were a man or a woman. But don’t get me started… One of Bazelon’s critiques is of the “no broken window” policing policy. Effectively, instead of concentrating on the “beheaders,” all too much time is spent prosecuting the “turnstile jumpers,” tossing them into the gulag.Bazelon structures her analysis around two main individuals: the aforementioned Noura Jackson, who was convicted of killing her mother, without any tangible evidence, in Memphis, and would spend nine years in prison until the fudge of an “Alford plea” was arranged, after the Tennessee Supreme Court threw out her original conviction; and “Kevin,” a pseudonym, for a teenager living in a housing project in Brooklyn, who picked up a gun, that was not his, in an apartment of a friend, as the police charged in, and thereby entered the gulag for illegal possession of the gun. There are plenty of brief “sidebars” concerning cases in other cities. “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” as Lord Acton famously proclaimed. “Plea bargaining ‘is not some adjunct to the criminal justice system; it is the criminal-justice system’ Justice Anthony Kennedy said for a majority of the Supreme Court in 2012…” is one of the many quotes from Bazelon’s book that I have marked. There is no “balance of power.” The prosecutor becomes the jury, the judge and sometimes the executioner. Judges have all-too-often abdicated their essential function to a prosecutor. Early in the book, Bazelon describes the culture in the Memphis (Shelby County) prosecutor’s office where the “Hammer Award” is annually awarded: “everyone is guilty all the time.” In such a culture, a “I’m Mr. Tough Guy” James Cagney wannabe can obtain a confession that the suspect killed Lincoln. Just threaten enough. Bazelon documents that in one study of exonerations, 18% of the defendants had pleaded guilty (to a crime they did not commit!) Bazelon refers, again and again to the “Brady rule,” whereby the prosecutors must turn over evidence to the defense that might exonerate the defendant. My blood pressure spiked 50 mm when I read that the Supreme Court ruled that “Brady” does NOT apply to “plea bargains,” i.e., 90% of the cases.Bazelon mentions Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow,” another classic critique of America’s mass incarceration of its own citizens, that I have also read and reviewed. She does not mention Anthony Graves’ “Infinite Hope,” which I also received from the Vine Program (bless ‘em). Graves spent 16 years in prison – 12 of death row – for a crime he did not commit. The prosecutor, Charles Sebesta, obtained the conviction by “going after the women.” On the night of the murder, Graves was in bed with his girlfriend. Sebesta told her that if she testified as to the truth, he would charge her with being an accomplice at the scene of the murder. Sebesta would eventually be disbarred, but never did prison time for destroying 16 years of a man’s life, and almost killing him. I also gave Graves’ book my special 6-star rating.Bazelon’s proposed solution is to change the prosecutors, electing “reform-minded” ones that will focus on true crime, and reduce the illicit “gamesmanship” involved in obtaining a conviction, the “winning is everything” mentality. Apparently, George Soros is funding the campaigns of such individuals, with mixed success in the last election.All of this is not of mere “academic interest.” I have “skin in the game,” rather bizarrely, for among other matters, I do not fit the “demographic” of those in the book. Rather late in life, I have become a “canary,” breathing the noxious atmosphere. My crime? In reality, none, nor am I accused of one. But in the mind of “Mr. Tough Guy,” in the United States Attorney’s office of New Mexico, I am guilty all the time, for thinking that I might have an “inalienable right” not to be discriminated against because I am over the age of 59. The most damning evidence against me – to which I reluctantly concede – are the five scarlet letters he has hung around my neck, that the “au courant” are well aware of, that compose two Latin words, which indicate that I am not a member of “the club.” He uses these two Latin words as a slur. And like Sebesta, he does not hesitate to “go after the women.” Who knows… maybe we will obtain a reform-minded new Attorney General? “Infinite Hope,” as Anthony Graves would say.As for Ms. Bazelon’s book, a definite 6-stars. Tweet, Tweet, from this canary, hoping such works blow away what Sotomayor describes as a noxious atmosphere. As Bazelon highlighted, quoting Sotomayor again, lecturing at Yale: “We think we’re keeping people safe from criminals. We’re just making worse criminals.”

It's been a long time since defense attorneys were heroes in popular culture. Perry Mason inspired a lot of people to become defenders rather than prosecutors. No one who stands trial on TV or in movies today is ever innocent, but as Emily Bazelon points out, that happens a lot in real life. There's a lot of pressure on law enforcement and district attorneys to rack up arrests and prosecutions. There's no credit for discovering mistakes and the system actually encourages defendants, guilty or not, to plea bargain. In Charged, we read about two case studies of people who were caught up in a system that didn't really care whether they were innocent, and how they eventually, after years in prison, got free. It's not a story of justice prevailing, far from it. Bazelon outlines how the broken system can be fixed, and how the people who can fix it are the prosecutors themselves, along with us, the voting public. It's an important and thoughtful argument and it's a darn good story, too.

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