Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts

Title: Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts Author: Stephen Bright ISBN: 9781620970256 Publisher: The New Press Published: 2023 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Social Science 1617991 Publisher Description: A legendary lawyer and a legal scholar reveal the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts"An urgently needed analysis of our collective failure to confront and overcome racial bias and bigotry, the abuse of power, and the multiple ways in which the death penalty's profound unfairness requires its abolition. You will discover Steve Bright's passion, brilliance, dedication, and tenacity when you read these pages." --from the foreword by Bryan StevensonGlenn Ford, a Black man, spent thirty years on Louisiana's death row for a crime he did not commit. He was re