Let's get free : a hip-hop theory of justice
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New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, c2009.
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Published
New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, c2009.
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Book
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x, 214 pages ; 22 cm.
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English

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Paul Butler was an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Harvard Law grad who traded in his corporate law salary to fight the good fight. It was those years on the front lines that convinced him that the American criminal justice system is fundamentally broken--it's not making the streets safer, nor helping the people he'd hoped, as a prosecutor, to protect. In Let's Get Free, Butler, now an award-winning law professor, looks at several places where ordinary citizens interact with the justice system--as jurors, crime witnesses, and in encounters with the police--and explores what "doing the right thing" means in a corrupt system. Butler's provocative proposals include jury nullification--voting "not guilty" in certain non-violent cases as a form of protest, just saying "no" when the police request your permission to search, and refusing to work inside the criminal justice system. And his groundbreaking "hip-hop theory of justice" reveals an important analysis of crime and punishment found in pop culture.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Butler, P. (2009). Let's get free: a hip-hop theory of justice . New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Butler, Paul, 1961-. 2009. Let's Get Free: A Hip-hop Theory of Justice. New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Butler, Paul, 1961-. Let's Get Free: A Hip-hop Theory of Justice New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2009.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Butler, Paul. Let's Get Free: A Hip-hop Theory of Justice New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2009.

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