Twenty Million Angry Men

The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System

James M. Binnall (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2021
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-37917-6 (ISBN)

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Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon’s eligibility for jury service. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions of Americans from the jury process? How do felon-juror exclusion statutes impact convicted felons, jury systems, and jurisdictions that impose them? Twenty Million Angry Men provides the first full account of this pervasive yet invisible form of civic marginalization. Drawing on extensive research, James M. Binnall challenges the professed rationales for felon-juror exclusion and highlights the benefits of inclusion as they relate to criminal desistance at the individual and community levels. Ultimately, this forward-looking book argues that when it comes to serving as a juror, a history of involvement in the criminal justice system is an asset, not a liability.

James M. Binnall is an attorney and Associate Professor of Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice at California State University, Long Beach.

Acknowledgments

Introduction
1 • Framing the Issue
2 • Rotten to the Core?
3 • Honor Among Thieves
4 • Sequestering the Convicted: Part I
5 • Sequestering the Convicted: Part II
6 • Criminal-Desistance Summoned
7 • A Community Change Agent
8 • A Healthy Ambivalence
Conclusion

Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Notes
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.03.2021
Zusatzinfo	9 b-w illustrations
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
ISBN-10	0-520-37917-9 / 0520379179
ISBN-13	978-0-520-37917-6 / 9780520379176
Zustand	Neuware