Collateral Damage
Sacrificing Liberty for Safety in Our Criminal Legal System
$42.46
- Hardcover
328 pages
- Release Date
26 January 2027
Summary
A riveting account of how the US criminal legal system punishes millions without conviction-asking us to rethink the freedoms we give up for the illusion of safety.
Every encounter with the criminal legal system, from a traffic stop to a day in jail, carries a human cost. This cost rests on a fragile bargain at the heart of our democracy: we give the government power in exchange for protection. But how much of our liberty are we willing to surrender for the promise of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520413771 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520413776 |
| Author: | Zach Anthony Brooks, Justin Brooks |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 26 January 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Zach Anthony Brooks
Justin Brooks is Professor of Practice at University of San Diego School of Law, where he teaches criminal procedure, criminal law, evidence, and wrongful convictions law. From 1999 to 2023, he served as Founding Director of the California Innocence Project, which freed forty innocent people from prison under his leadership. He is also the author of You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You’re Innocent.
Zach Anthony Brooks is a trial attorney and owner of Zach Brooks Law, a firm dedicated to advancing constitutional protections through criminal defense and civil rights litigation.
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