Arbitrary justice
Subtitle: the power of the American prosecutor
By: Angela J. Davis.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780195177367
Subjects: Public prosecutors -- United States.; Prosecution -- Decision making -- United States.
Description: "Angela J. Davis examines the expanding power of prosecutors, from mandatory minimum sentencing laws that enhance prosecutorial control over the outcome of cases to the increasing politicization of the office. Drawing on her dozen years of experience as a public defender, Davis demonstrates how the everyday, legal exercise of prosecutorial discretion is responsible for tremendous inequalities in criminal justice."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prosecutorial discretion : power and privilege; title: The power to charge; title: Let's make a deal : the power of the plea bargain; title: Prosecutors and the victims of crime; title: Prosecutors and the death penalty; title: Federal prosecutors and the power of the attorney general; title: Prosecutorial misconduct : the abuse of power and discretion; title: Prosecutorial ethics; title: Prosecutorial accountability; title: Prospects for reform.