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The Slow Violence of Immigration Court

Procedural Justice on Trial

By: Maya Pagni Barak

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The Slow Violence of Immigration Court

Procedural Justice on Trial

By: Maya Pagni Barak

The arduous, confusing and fraught journey that immigrants take through immigration court Each year, hundreds of thousands of migrants are moved through immigration court. With a national backlog surpassing one million cases, court hearings take years and most migrants will eventually be ordered deported. The Slow Violence of Immigration Court sheds light on the experiences of migrants from the “Northern Triangle” (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) as they navigate legal processes, deportation proceedings, immigration court, and the immigration system writ large. Grounded in the illuminating stories of people facing deportation, the family members who support them, and the attorneys who defend them, The Slow Violence of Immigration Court invites readers to question matters of fairness and justice and the fear of living with the threat of deportation. Although the spectacle of violence created by family separation and deportation is perceived as extreme and unprecedented, these long legal proceedings are masked in the mundane and are often overlooked, ignored, and excused. In an urgent call to action, Maya Pagni Barak deftly demonstrates that deportation and family separation are not abhorrent anomalies, but are a routine, slow form of violence at the heart of the U.S. immigration system.

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1479821039

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Capital Defense

Inside the Lives of America's Death Penalty Lawyers

By: Jon B. Gould,Maya Pagni Barak

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Capital Defense

Inside the Lives of America's Death Penalty Lawyers

By: Jon B. Gould,Maya Pagni Barak

The unsung heroes who defend the accused from the ultimate punishment What motivates someone to make a career out of defending some of the worst suspected killers of our time? In Capital Defense, Jon B. Gould and Maya Pagni Barak give us a glimpse into the lives of lawyers who choose to work in the darkest corner of our criminal justice system: death penalty cases. Based on in-depth personal interviews with a cross-section of the nation’s top capital defense teams, the book explores the unusual few who voluntarily represent society’s “worst of the worst.” With a compassionate and careful eye, Gould and Barak chronicle the experiences of American lawyers, who—like soldiers or surgeons—operate under the highest of stakes, where verdicts have the power to either “take death off the table” or put clients on “the conveyor belt towards death.” These lawyers are a rare breed in a field that is otherwise seen as dirty work and in a system that is overburdened, under-resourced, and overshadowed by social, cultural, and political pressures. Examining the ugliest side of our criminal justice system, Capital Defense offers an up-close perspective on the capital litigation process and its impact on the people who participate in it.

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1479873756

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The Slow Violence of Immigration Court

Procedural Justice on Trial

By: Maya Pagni Barak

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Procedural Justice on Trial

By: Maya Pagni Barak

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1479821039

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9781479821037

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The Slow Violence of Immigration Court

The Slow Violence of Immigration Court

Capital Defense

Capital Defense

The Slow Violence of Immigration Court

The Slow Violence of Immigration Court

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