Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor

Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-280

  Davis, Angela J ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American public prosecutors; Defendants; Department of justice; Duke lacrosse case; Jena Six; Justice system; Mandatory minimum sentencing; Politicization; Prosecutorial control; Prosecutorial discretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922826174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195384734.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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