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"Here is a unique bringing together of non-fiction (the lawyer's perspective) and fiction (the writer's view) on a topic of devastating concern to victims and the accused. Alex Landon (the lawyer) and Elaine Halleck (the writer) explore a particularly difficult topic, the effect of laws enacted in the aftermath of brutal child abductions and murders on those accused of lesser sexual crimes or those falsely accused and on society as a whole. ""While Elaine Halleck's portion of the tale shows how policies of the criminal justice system might exile one person from any sustaining contact with his community and from any protection by civilizing principles that have evolved over the centuries, Alex Landon's non-fiction sections show how these policies have had severe effects on many other people and on the community at large. The ruinous expense of such policies is an important point in many of Landon's chapters."" from the Introduction"

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Alex Landon is an attorney specializing in criminal law. He is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law, teaching Corrections and Sentencing for 26 years; past president of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and the San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association; and former Executive Director of the Defenders Program of San Diego, Inc. He is a frequent speaker at seminars and public programs. Elaine Halleck is a journalist, graphic designer and linguist. She has contributed to publications including the Detroit Metro Times, the Tokyo Journal, the Sacramento News and Review and the Guadalajara Reporter.

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