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Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice
Contributor(s): Butler, Paul (Author)
ISBN: 1595585001     ISBN-13: 9781595585004
Publisher: New Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.26  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Law Enforcement
- Social Science | Penology
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Dewey: 345.730
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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Radical ideas for changing the justice system, rooted in the real-life experiences of those in overpoliced communities, from the acclaimed former federal prosecutor and author of Chokehold

Paul Butler was an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Harvard Law grad who gave up his corporate law salary to fight the good fight--until one day he was arrested on the street and charged with a crime he didn't commit.

In a book Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree calls "a must-read," Butler looks at places where ordinary citizens meet the justice system--as jurors, witnesses, and in encounters with the police--and explores what "doing the right thing" means in a corrupt system. No matter how powerless those caught up in the web of the law may feel, there is a chance to regain agency, argues Butler. Through groundbreaking and sometimes controversial methods--jury nullification (voting "not guilty" in drug cases as a form of protest), just saying "no" when the police request your permission to search, and refusing to work inside the system as a snitch or a prosecutor--ordinary people can tip the system towards actual justice. Let's Get Free is an evocative, compelling look at the steps we can collectively take to reform our broken system.