Defending the Jury: Crime, Community, and the Constitution

Author:   Laura I Appleman
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107650930


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   09 April 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Laura I Appleman
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781107650930


ISBN 10:   1107650933
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   09 April 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Part I. History in the Crucible: Rediscovering the Original Community Right in Criminal Justice: 2. The collective jury right and the Sixth Amendment; 3. The Supreme Court and the reaffirmation of community; Part II. Old Becomes New: Sixth Amendment Jury Rights and Twenty-First-Century Criminal Procedure: 4. Retribution, restorative justice, and the Sixth Amendment jury right; 5. Defining community in the twenty-first century: cities, counties, and collective action; Part III. Theory into Practice: Origins and Community in Modern Criminal Procedure: 6. Bail, jail, and the community voice; 7. Infusing community through criminal procedure: the plea jury; 8. Eradicating the bench trial; 9. Restoring the offender to society; 10. Back-end sentencing: the Sixth Amendment and post-prison procedures; 11. Jury nullification and victim rights: going past procedure; 12. Conclusion.

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Advance praise: 'American criminal justice is adrift from its moral, democratic roots. In Defending the Jury, Laura Appleman shines a light on the many shadowy stages of America's impersonal, lawyer-run, plea bargaining assembly line. She explores the historic importance of juries as the conscience of the community; traces how criminal-justice insiders have steadily displaced outsiders' common-sense perspectives; and makes a strong case for better including citizens' voices at every stage, from bail through guilty plea, sentencing, and probation or parole. Clearly yet passionately written, Defending the Jury is a must-read for everyone concerned with America's broken criminal justice machine.' Stephanos Bibas, University of Pennsylvania, author of The Machinery of Criminal Justice Advance praise: 'Veteran litigators regard trying a case to a jury as the greatest thrill - but it's one that fewer and fewer lawyers experience, in today's age of bureaucratized, paper-pushing justice. Laura Appleman's innovative and thoughtful reform proposals, in addition to restoring the voice of the community to punishment, might also make practicing law more fulfilling and enjoyable for lawyers.' David B. Lat, former AUSA (federal prosecutor) and Managing Editor of Above the Law, www.abovethelaw.com


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Laura I Appleman is a Professor of Law at the Willamette University College of Law. She received the Meisner Award for Faculty Scholarship in 2011 and speaks frequently to local and national news media on topics of crime, incarceration, and sentencing. For five years, Appleman was a criminal appellate public defender at the Center for Appellate Litigation, where she briefed and argued approximately fifty appeals in front of the New York appellate courts, including the New York Court of Appeals. Appleman currently blogs at the Faculty Lounge (www.thefacultylounge.org).

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