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Stevenson, Bryan

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Summary: "In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so," Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most rejected and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2018

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Atkins, Ace.

Summary: "What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that's exactly what happened. This is Blackburn, Massachusetts, where zero tolerance for minors is a way of life. Leading the movement is tough-as-nails...

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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2015

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Atkins 2015

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Atkins, Ace.

Summary: After setting up a prank twitter account for his vice principal, Dillon Yates is facing criminal charges, Judge Scali is notorious for handing out tough sentences for minor infractions and Dillon's mother is determined to find out why so she hires P.I. Spenser.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2015

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ATK

Bazelon, Emily

Summary: "A renowned investigative journalist exposes the unchecked power of the prosecutor as a driving force in America's mass incarceration crisis, and also offers a way out. The American criminal justice system is supposed to be a contest between two equal adversaries, the prosecution and the defense, with judges ensuring a fair fight. But in fact, it is prosecutors who have the upper hand, in a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.73 BAZ

Ponsor, Michael A.

Summary: "When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a Puerto Rican drug dealer and a hockey mom volunteering at an inner-city clinic, the police arrest a rival gang member. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so that he can seek a death sentence. The Honorable David S. Norcross, with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Summary: Tells the story of seven men who were exonerated after being imprisoned for decades and released after DNA evidence proved their innocence.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2006

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFT

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