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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Please don't come : on what happens when a black woman must aid in a deportation arrest -- Wanna see something funny? : on being trained by a white colleague how to interrogate a black defendant -- I want no part of this : on the older black woman victim who pleads for lenience for a young black defendant -- She needed me to believe her : on the domestic assault victim afraid to be judged -- That's not me : on the real case of mistaken identity -- A seat at the (right) table : on the tension between black public defenders and prosecutors -- Babyface : on the conviction of a baby-faced defendant who acts against his self-interest -- There's still time : on prosecuting a mother for child abuse while faced with the prospect of losing my own -- Not their son, too : on watching the victim's family beg not to have their son's murderer go to prison -- No one who had been raped would have ever : on watching a judge shame a teenage sexual assault victim based on her courtroom attire -- She's always been such a good girl : on cross-examining a naive and helpless mother trying to defend her daughter on trial -- Grandstanding for justice -- The chew : on the role of privilege in charging decisions -- I just don't believe in it : on the tension between illegal and wrong -- Chess pie : on a prosecutor embraced outside of the courtroom -- It didn't have to happen to me : on the haunting effect of secondary trauma -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"A powerful true story and groundbreaking account of bias in the courtroom from CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates, recounting her time as a Black female prosecutor for the US Department of Justice"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Coates, Laura Gayle.
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African American public prosecutors -- United States -- Biography.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
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African American public prosecutors. |
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Coates, Laura Gayle. Just pursuit New York : Simon & Schuster, [2022] 9781982173760 (DLC) 2021041619 |
| ISBN |
9781982173784 electronic book |
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1982173785 electronic book |
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9781982173760 hardcover |
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