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The Bail Trap: A Scandal At The Heart Of American Justice
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From The Renowned Founder Of The Bail Project, An EyeOpening Book About Why We Allow Money To Play Any Role In The Administration Of Justiceover 90 Percent Of People Held In Jail Pretrial Because They Cannot Pay Cash Bail Will Plead Guilty, Whether They Committed A Crime Or Not. Cash Bail Not Only Creates A TwoTier System Of JusticeOne For Those With Money And One For Those WithoutIt Also Drives Racial Disparities In The Criminal Justice System And Is Responsible For Almost All Net Jail Growth In America Over The Past Two Decades. There Is Perhaps No Other Component Of AmericaS Justice System That Is So Broken, Yet Completely Integral To The Current Operation Of Our Courts, As Bail.With Engaging And Accessible Prose, Robin Steinberg, Founder And Ceo Of The Bail Project, And Her Colleague Camilo Ramirez Tell The Shocking True Stories Of People Jailed By Poverty While Also Detailing: The History Of Bail, From Its Inception In Medieval England, As An Incentive For People To Return To Court, To Modern America Where It Is A Mechanism For Detention The Roles Lawyers, Judges, And Legislators Have In The Legal System And How And Why They Have Become Complicit In Excessive Bail How The Current Bail System Undermines The Promise Of A Fair And Just System And The U.S. Constitution Effective Alternatives To Cash Bailfor Fans Of The Race To Incarcerate By Marc Mauer And James KilgoreS Understanding Mass Incarceration, Steinberg, Whose Previous Book Was Called Powerfully Insightful Reading By Kirkus Reviews, And Ramirez Provide An Unprecedented Look At AmericaS Cash Bail System And Inspire Us To Imagine A Better, Fairer Way Forward.
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