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Author Powell, Sidney K., 1955- author.

Title Conviction machine : standing up to federal prosecutorial abuse / Sidney Powell and Harvey A. Silverglate
Edition First American edition
Published New York : Encounter Books, 2020
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Description 1 online resource
Contents Catch 22 : what talking to the FBI can do to you -- There's nothing grand about grand juries : except their size -- Acts of God : discovery and the hide-and-seek problem -- What does the law require of us? : the conundrum of criminal intent -- Plea bargaining : dancing with the devil -- An offer he can't refuse : use immunity statutes -- not backroom deals -- to compel testimony -- Prosecutorial misconduct : who will prosecute the prosecutor? -- Where have all the judges gone? : federal courts have supervisory power over federal criminal justice, and it's high time they used it -- Once is not enough : restore habeas corpus and coram nobis, repeal the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 -- Coda : action items for criminal justice reform
Summary "In 2009, Harvey A. Silverglate, a prominent criminal defense and civil liberties lawyer, published his landmark critique of the federal criminal justice system, Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent. In 2014, Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor in three districts under nine United States Attorneys from both political parties and who has been lead counsel in 500 federal appeals, published her landmark indictment of the system, Licensed To Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice, after she witnessed appalling abuses by prosecutors-more than a decade after she entered private practice. Now these two leading authorities have combined their knowledge, experiences, and talents to produce a much-needed and long-awaited blueprint for reforming the way business is conducted within the Department of Justice and in the federal criminal courts. Both Powell and Silverglate decided to join forces to write this essential and long-awaited book in order to answer the questions and the challenges that each of them has faced over the past several years: "OK," they've been told. "We understand your criticisms. Now how about telling us what has to be done to restore justice to federal criminal justice." This collaboration is their response"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Fairness in criminal justice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 27, 2020)
Subject Prosecution -- United States
Public prosecutors -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
LAW / Civil Law.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Silverglate, Harvey A., 1942- author.
LC no. 2019025113
ISBN 9781594038044
159403804X