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We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
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We Do This 'Til We Free Us

By Mariame Kaba ,

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Punching the Air
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Punching the Air

By Ibi Zoboi , Yusef Salaam ,

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The Myth of Overpunishment: A Defense of the American Justice System and a Proposal to Reduce Incarceration While Protecting the Public
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The Myth of Overpunishment

By Barry Latzer ,

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The Prosecutor
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The Prosecutor

By Nazir Afzal ,

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Corrections in Ink: A Memoir
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Corrections in Ink

By Keri Blakinger ,

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Until I Could Be Sure: How I Stopped the Death Penalty in Illinois
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Until I Could Be Sure

By George H. Ryan ,

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Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt
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Beyond Innocence

By Phoebe Zerwick ,

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I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
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I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

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The Costs of Crime and Justice
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The Costs of Crime and Justice

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The Psychology of Police Deadly Force Encounters: Science, Practice, and Policy
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The Psychology of Police Deadly Force Encounters

By Laurence Miller ,

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Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
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Beyond Survival

By Ejeris Dixon , Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ,

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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
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Covered with Night

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I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself: A Novel
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I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

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Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City
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Tangled Up in Blue

By Rosa Brooks ,

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The Fear of Too Much Justice: How Race and Poverty Undermine Fairness in the Criminal Courts
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The Fear of Too Much Justice

By Stephen Bright , James Kwak ,

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The Edge of Doubt: The Trial of Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen
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The Edge of Doubt

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Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
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Manifesting Justice

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The Local Impact of the International Criminal Court: From Law to Justice
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The Local Impact of the International Criminal Court

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