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Guilty: Collapse of Criminal Justice - Hardcover

Rothwax, Harold J.

 
9780679438670: Guilty: Collapse of Criminal Justice

Synopsis

A distinguished jurist describes the collapse of the American criminal justice system, arguing that criminals and defense attorneys hide behind problem laws and technicalities and calling for eight crucial reforms of the system. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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About the Author

Harold J. Rothwax is a judge on the New York State Supreme Court.

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York State Supreme Court Justice Harold J. Rothwax now puts our criminal justice system on trial. His verdict: Guilty. In his view, we are fast becoming a nation of bad laws, in which criminals and defense attorneys hide behind a morass of poorly conceived statues, procedures, and technicalities that keeps them from resolving the paramount question at hand: Did the accused commit the crime?

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