Let's Get Free by Butler, Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Acknowledgments 1 - The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game: A Prosecutor Meets American Criminal Justice 2 - Safety First: Why Mass Incarceration Matters

INCARCERATION NATION: THE FACTS STREET LAW FOR PATRIOTS WHY WE SHOULD CARE: PUBLIC SAFETY THE TIPPING POINT FIVE MORE REASONS

3 - Justice on Drugs

A BRIEF HISTORY OF DRUG PROHIBITION: OPIUM-SNIFFING CHINAMEN, COCAINIZED ... THE “WAR” AND MASS INCARCERATION A REPORT FROM THE FRONT: OPERATION METH MERCHANT WHY PROHIBITION CAN’T WORK THE WAR’S LEGACY THE COST TO FREEDOM THE BETTER CHOICE

4 - Jury Duty: Power to the People

OPENING ARGUMENT “ANOTHER BLACK MAN TO JAIL” JURY NULLIFICATION: A PRIMER A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT SUSPICION OF THE PEOPLE A BRIEF HISTORY THE SECRET POWER NULLIFICATION TODAY IS NULLIFICATION ANTIDEMOCRATIC? MARTIN LUTHER KING JURORS A PROPOSAL FOR STRATEGIC NULLIFICATION SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECT ACTION—INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM TEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT STRATEGIC NULLIFICATION

5 - Patriot Acts: Don’t Be a Snitch, Do Be a Witness, and Don’t Always Help ...

A GRANDMOTHER IN THE BLUFFS THE DEFINITION OF A SNITCH THE PREVALENCE OF SNITCHING THE PROBLEM WITH SNITCHES THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST SNITCHING CULTURAL CODES AGAINST INFORMING THE CULTURAL MEANING: WHY NOBODY LIKES A SNITCH (UNLESS THE INFORMATION IS ... WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT SNITCHES (A SHORT SECTION) WHAT’S BAD ABOUT SNITCHES (A LONG SECTION) WHEN TO BE A WITNESS LEGAL NORMS AND REPORTING CRIME MISPRISION OF FELONY CRIMES OF OMISSION POLICE AND PROSECUTOR DISCRETION THE LIMITS OF COOPERATION THE VIRTUES OF NONCOOPERATION

6 - Should Good People Be Prosecutors?

A QUESTION OF CHARACTER? THE CROSS-EXAMINATION THE MORNING AFTER CLAIM 1: PROSECUTORS HAVE A LOT OF POWER CLAIM 2: PROSECUTORS HELP VICTIMS CLAIM 3: WE DON’T WANT PROSECUTORS’ OFFICES TO BE TOO HARD-CORE OR ALL WHITE WHAT HAPPENS TO PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS? PROGRESSIVE HEAD PROSECUTORS SUBVERSIVE PROSECUTORS REFORM VS. TRANSFORMATION

7 - A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice

THE HIP-HOP NATION THE HIP-HOP FUTURE POP CULTURE AND CRIMINAL LAW HIP-HOP 101 HIP-HOP’S COMMERCIAL SUCCESS HIP-HOP AS A POLITICAL MOVEMENT A HIP-HOP PRESIDENT? THE LIMITS OF HIP-HOP COMMUNITY VALUES AND SOCIAL NORMS CRIMINAL JUSTICE: THE REMIX RETRIBUTION AND RESPECT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WHAT TO PUNISH? HIP-HOP AND DRUGS: KEEPING IT REAL PRISON WORD IS BORN

8 - Droppin’ Science: High-Tech Justice

AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON: ELECTRONIC MONITORING HOW WELL DOES EM WORK? DRUGS FOR DRUGS LOOKING FOR DRUGS IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES BRAIN SCANS GENE THERAPY

9 - The Beautiful Struggle: Seven Ways to Take Back Justice

1. PAY A KID TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL 2. TAKE IT TO THE COURTHOUSE 3. GET THE LEAD OUT 4. “HUG A THUG” 5. END RACIAL PROFILING 6. MAKE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME 7. FREE 500,000 AMERICANS CONCLUSION

NOTES Copyright Page