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Book suggestion for the clemency (and holiday shopping) season

By Douglas A. Berman

While many defendants and their lawyers might be hoping for a clemency gift this holiday season, I can suggest a new book for any and everyone interested in reading some academic discussion of why the harshness of the legal system may often need to be leavened by acts of grace.  This new book (pictured here) is titled "When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice." The book is edited by Professors Charles Ogletree and Austin Sarat, and I have authored an essay for the book.  My essay is titled "Extreme Punishments," and there I explain why I believe extreme punishments, and not just wrongful convictions, should be included in any accounting of miscarriages of justice.  The book is being published by NYU Press and more information about the book (and ordering information) can be accessed at this link...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 06, 2008 (boomark / email).