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The price of mercy

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Outsiders on the Inside : The Power of Public Defense -- All Rise : Judges, Bail, and Being Human on the Bench -- The Grind : The Maze of Court Dates and their Consequences -- Bad Incentives in a Bad System : How the Structure of Policing Enables Misconduct -- What We Talk About When We Talk About Crime : How Media Obscures the Truth About Safety -- A Game of Telephone : Favoring Expediency Over Transparency, And Precedent Over Fairness -- Weird Science : How Bad Forensics Leads to Bad Convictions -- Finders of Fact : Juries : Who Wields Power, Who is Excluded, and What They're Allowed to Know -- An Unwinnable Game : How Prisons-and Release-Set People Up to Fail -- Redefine Success -- Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant -- Unclog the System -- Accountability Over Punishment -- A Budget is a Statement of Values.

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Galvin Almanza, Emily, 1983-. The price of mercy

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  • Date: 2026-09-30T17:49:39.195654+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 24127338

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  • Date: 2026-09-30
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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