1st Edition

Justice for All Repairing American Criminal Justice

By Charles MacLean, Adam Lamparello Copyright 2022
240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Justice for All identifies ten central flaws in the criminal justice system and offers an array of solutions – from status quo to evolution to revolution – to address the inequities and injustices that far too often result in courtrooms across the United States. From the investigatory stage to the sentencing and appellate stages, many criminal defendants, particularly those from marginalized... Read more

Part One: Law Enforcement

Chapter 1 – De-escalation and Police Use of Excessive Force

Chapter 2 – Reforming, Transforming, Reimagining, or Defunding the Police

Chapter 3 – Mental Health of United States Law Enforcement Officers

Part Two: Courts and Attorneys

Chapter 4 – Cash Bail and Unequal Justice

Chapter 5 – Ineffective Assistance of Defense Counsel

Chapter 6 – Prosecutorial Misconduct, Consequences, Remedies, and Immunity

Part Three: Sentencing and Corrections

Chapter 7 – Sentencing

Chapter 8 – Capital Punishment

Chapter 9 – Mass Incarceration and Prison Privatization

Chapter 10 – Mentally Ill Offenders

Biography

Charles E. MacLean, J.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice at the Metropolitan State University in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Prior to entering the Academy, Chuck served for twenty years as a state felony prosecutor in Minnesota.

Adam Lamparello, J.D., LL.M., is an Assistant Professor of Public Law at Georgia State College and University in Milledgeville, Georgia. Adam has published over seventy-five law review articles and three textbooks that focus on constitutional law, criminal law, and legal education.