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American Injustice

Inside Stories from the Underbelly of the Criminal Justice System

By: David S. Rudolf

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American Injustice

Inside Stories from the Underbelly of the Criminal Justice System

By: David S. Rudolf

From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix’s The Staircase comes a “bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system.” (The Guardian) “A fine companion to Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy and Emily Bazelon’s Charged. A stellar—and often shocking—report on a broken criminal justice system.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In the past thirty years alone, more than 2,800 innocent American prisoners—their combined sentences surpassing 25,000 years—have been exonerated and freed after being condemned for crimes they did not commit. Terrifyingly, this number represents only a fraction of the actual number of persons wrongfully accused and convicted over the same period. Renowned criminal defense and civil rights attorney David Rudolf has spent decades defending the wrongfully accused. In American Injustice, he draws from his years of experience in the American criminal legal system to shed light on the misconduct that exists at all levels of law enforcement and the tragic consequences that follow in its wake. Tracing these themes through the lens of some of his most important cases—including new details from the Michael Peterson trial made famous in The Staircase—Rudolf takes the reader inside crime scenes to examine forensic evidence left by perpetrators; revisits unsolved murders to detail how and why the true culprits were never prosecuted; reveals how confirmation bias leads police and prosecutors to employ tactics that make wrongful arrests and prosecutions more likely; and exposes how poverty and racism fundamentally distort the system. In American Injustice, Rudolf gives a voice to those who have been the victim of wrongful accusations and shows in the starkest terms the human impact of legal wrongdoing. Effortlessly blending gripping true-crime reporting and searing observations on civil rights in America, American Injustice takes readers behind the scenes of a justice system in desperate need of reform.

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0062997378

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American Injustice

Inside Stories from the Underbelly of the Criminal Justice System

By: David S. Rudolf

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Inside Stories from the Underbelly of the Criminal Justice System

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Toxic Histories

Poison and Pollution in Modern India

By: David Arnold

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Toxic Histories

Poison and Pollution in Modern India

By: David Arnold

An analysis of the challenge that India's poison culture posed for colonial rule and toxicology's creation of a public role for science.

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253

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Cambridge University Press

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1107126975

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9781107126978

The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements

Rising Powers and Technological Change

By: Ryan David Kiggins

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The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements

Rising Powers and Technological Change

By: Ryan David Kiggins

The contributors argue that rare earths are essential to the information technology revolution on which humans have come to depend for communication, commerce, and, increasingly, engage in conflict. They demonstrate that rare earths are a strategic commodity over which political actors will and do struggle for control.

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Springer

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1137364246

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9781137364241

Murder at Home

how our safest space is where we're most in danger

By: David Wilson

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Murder at Home

how our safest space is where we're most in danger

By: David Wilson

Home is where the heart is. But home is also the most common site for murder. The grimly fascinating new book from the UK's leading criminologist David Wilson uncovers the dangers that exist where we least expect them - perfect for fans of The Dark Side of the Mind and The Mind of a Murderer. The home is the place where murder most commonly occurs. In England and Wales, each year on average 75 per cent of female murder victims and 39 per cent of murdered men are killed at home. This gripping new title from the author of My Life with Murderers and A Plot to Kill explores the tragic prevalence of domestic murder and how, for so many victims, their own home is the place they are most in danger. David Wilson is the UK's leading criminologist and his knowledge of murder is unparalleled. By walking through each part of the house, he explains how each room's purpose has changed over time, the weapons they contain, and ultimately, how these things combine in murder. Delving into infamous as well as lesser-known true crime cases, this examination of the tragic, ordinary nature of murder is both a chilling read and a startling insight into the everyday impact of violence and how it can touch us all.

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Sphere

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0751584940

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9780751584943

The Encounter of Eastern Christianity with Early Islam

By: David Thomas

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The Encounter of Eastern Christianity with Early Islam

By: David Thomas

The theme of this book is the early encounters between Christianity and Islam in the eastern provinces of the Byzantine Empire and in Persia from the beginnings of Islam in Mecca to the time of the Abbasids in Bagdad. The contributions in this volume deal with crucial subjects of political and theological dialogue and controversy that characterized the varying responses of the Christian communities in the Byzantine Eastern provinces to the Islamic conquest and its subsequent impact on Byzantine society and history. This volume opens up new research perspectives surrounding the confrontation of Christianity with the early theological and political development of Islam. The present publication emphasizes the importance of the study of the beginnings and the foundations of the relations between the two religions.

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BRILL

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9047408829

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9789047408826

Swimming Lessons

Keeping Afloat in the Age of Technology

By: David Ehrenfeld

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Swimming Lessons

Keeping Afloat in the Age of Technology

By: David Ehrenfeld

Never in history has life been so complicated and full of sudden changes. Technology, the environment, and the way we work and relate to one another are all in upheaval. With wit, humor, a calm voice, and great authority, Swimming Lessons gives a clear view of what our world has become - not just our successes, but also the destruction set loose by our own genius and inventions. And if offers practical, non-utopian suggestions for keeping afloat in the dangerous waters of this 21st, century, globalized civilization. In the first half of the book, we learn to recognize the lies we live: in education, new military weapons systems, biotechnology, electronic pseudocommunities, and accelerated obsolescence. We also learn about the deadly corporate economics that affect every aspect of our lives, even in environmental conservation. The second half reveals the pitfalls and opportunities in the main tasks we face: relating to nature in a manmade world and restoring our damaged communities.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195148525

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9780195148527

American Injustice

Inside Stories from the Underbelly of the Criminal Justice System

By: David S. Rudolf

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American Injustice

Inside Stories from the Underbelly of the Criminal Justice System

By: David S. Rudolf

From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix's The Staircase comes an essential examination of America's corrupt and abusive criminal justice system. In the past thirty years, more than 2,700 innocent American prisoners--their combined jail sentences adding up to almost 25,000 years--have been exonerated and freed. Terrifyingly, this number represents only a small fraction of the number of persons wrongfully convicted each year. As a result, our jails and prisons are packed with men and women who should not be there, but for crooked police, false testimony, shoddy investigators, vindictive judges, bogus expert witnesses or, far too often, the color of their skin and their economic condition. Renowned criminal defense attorney and civil rights lawyer David Rudolf has spent his career defending the wrongfully accused. In American Injustice, he draws from his years of experience in the American criminal justice system, including some of his biggest cases, to shed light on the immorality and deceit prevalent at all levels of law enforcement, and the tragic consequences of this misconduct. Rudolf takes the reader to crime scenes to reveal how detectives retrieve evidence that supports their accusations and hide that which doesn't; revisits several unsolved murders to detail how and why the true culprits were never prosecuted; explores how unconscious bias frequently leads prosecutors and police to jump to false conclusions; and exposes how poverty and racism fundamentally deform the system--and why some want to keep it that way.

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Custom House

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0062997351

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9780062997357

Condecoraciones de la Wehrmacht 1935-1945

By: David Rodríguez Luján

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Condecoraciones de la Wehrmacht 1935-1945

By: David Rodríguez Luján

El 16 de Marzo de 1935, con el anuncio de la creación de la Wehrmacht, queda constituido el nuevo ejército alemán. Esta obra recoge la normativa que regulaba la concesión de condecoraciones del Heer, Luftwaffe y Kriegsmarine, los marcajes que identificaban a sus fabricantes y la historia de los códigos RZM y LDO. Una imprescindible obra de consulta con abundante material fotográfico, realmente completa y útil tanto para coleccionistas, como para los más expertos amantes de la historia militar.

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Lulu.com

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1471669335

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9781471669330

Book's by David S. Rudolf

American Injustice

American Injustice

American Injustice

American Injustice

Toxic Histories

Toxic Histories

The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements

The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements

Murder at Home

Murder at Home

The Encounter of Eastern Christianity with Early Islam

The Encounter of Eastern Christianity with Early Islam

Swimming Lessons

Swimming Lessons

American Injustice

American Injustice

Condecoraciones de la Wehrmacht 1935-1945

Condecoraciones de la Wehrmacht 1935-1945

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