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Title:
Just pursuit : a Black prosecutor's fight for fairness / Laura Coates.
ISBN:
9781982173760
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Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Physical Description:
ix, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Please don't come : on what happens when a black woman must aid in a deportation arrest -- Wanna see something funny? : on being trained by a white colleague how to interrogate a black defendant -- I want no part of this : on the older black woman victim who pleads for lenience for a young black defendant -- She needed me to believe her : on the domestic violence survivor afraid to be judged -- That's not me : on the real case of mistaken identity -- A seat at the (right) table : on the tension between black defense attorneys and prosecutors -- Babyface : on the conviction of a baby-faced defendant who acts against his self-interest -- There's still time : on prosecuting a mother for child abuse while faced with the prospect of losing my own -- Not their son, too : on watching the victim's family beg not to have their son's murderer go to prison -- No one who had been raped would have : on watching a female judge victim-blame a teenage girl based on her courtroom attire -- She's always been such a good girl : on cross-examining a naive and helpless mother trying to defend her daughter on trial -- Grandstanding for justice : on the roles we play within the grand jury -- "The chew" : on the role of privilege in charging decisions -- I just don't believe in it : on the tension between illegal and wrong -- Chess pie : on a prosecutor embraced outside of the courtroom -- It didn't have to happen to me : on the haunting effect of secondary trauma -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"A powerful true story and groundbreaking account of bias in the courtroom from CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates, recounting her time as a Black female prosecutor for the US Department of Justice"-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1259048642
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