administration of criminal justice

Chronicles the full story of Adnan Syed, as told on the podcast "Serial." Family friend and attorney Rabia Chaudry traces the accusations, trial, and aftermath of Syed's alleged killing of his high school ex-girlfriend in 2000, arguing for his innocence and release.

Discusses the case of a party for Duke University lacrosse players when a hired stripper dialed 911 to report a rape, and covers the resulting legal battle and dropped charges against three players as well as the problems with media coverage and the actions of college administration.

Follows the arrests, confessions, trials, and convictions of fifteen innocent people who were nonetheless convicted and sent to prison before they were exonerated. They tell their stories to a group of high-profile mystery and thriller writers who describe what went wrong and offer data about crime and prison issues in order to make readers aware of these problems.

Presents the argument that America's war on terror, begun by the Bush administration after 9/11 and continued under Obama, has had the effect of weakening the rule of law at home, the courts, and the constitution in the name of national security. Discusses the history of NSA spying on U.S. citizens, the Patriot Act, the ACLU's activism, WikiLeaks, and Edward Snowden's revealed documents.

Presents a range of essays espousing opposing viewpoints on topics relating to modern American prisons and the experiences of prisoners inside them and once they get released.

Collection of prison writings, including unreleased National Public Radio commentaries, by journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Pennsylvania death row inmate who contends he was unjustly convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of a Philadelphia police officer.

A collection of primary sources on crime and punishment in the U.S. from the sixteenth century to the mid-nineteenth, covering such topics as Puritan laws, Revolution-era punishments, and frontier executions.

Contains a collection of articles that offer varied perspectives on topics related to America's prisons.

Chronicles a young lawyer's founding of the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice committed to defending the poor, women and children, and the wrongly condemned, and the ways in which he was transformed by his first case, that of a man sentenced to die for a murder he claimed he didn't commit.

Argues that mass incarceration of African- and Latino Americans in the United States is a form of social control, and contends the civil rights community needs to become more active in protecting the rights of criminals.