Twenty million angry men : the case for including convicted felons in our jury system /

"Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon's eligibility for jury service. In the majority of states, this restriction is permanent. Still, the exclusion of convicted felons from juries garners little attention. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Binnall, James M. (James Michael), 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Jurors > United States.
Jury selection > United States.
Jury > United States.
Ex-convicts > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Jurés > États-Unis.
Choix du jury > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Ex-convicts > Legal status, laws, etc.
Jurors
Jury
Jury selection
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Framing the issue
  • Rotten to the core
  • Honor among thieves
  • Sequestering the convicted : part I
  • Sequestering the convicted : part II
  • Criminal desistance summonsed
  • A Community change agent
  • A Healthy ambivalence.

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