Alexandra Natapoff: 2 books
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals
Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive...
Snitching
Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Winner of the 2010 American Bar Association Honorable Mention for BooksAlbert Burrell spent thirteen years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. After being released by Chicago prosecutors, Darryl...