{"product_id":"lets-get-free-paul-butler-9781595583291","title":"Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRadical ideas for changing the justice system, rooted in the real-life experiences of those in overpoliced communities, from the acclaimed former federal prosecutor and author of \u003cem\u003eChokehold\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Butler was an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Harvard Law grad who gave up his corporate law salary to fight the good fight--until one day he was arrested on the street and charged with a crime he didn't commit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a book Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree calls \"a must-read,\" Butler looks at places where ordinary citizens meet the justice system--as jurors, witnesses, and in encounters with the police--and explores what \"doing the right thing\" means in a corrupt system. No matter how powerless those caught up in the web of the law may feel, there is a chance to regain agency, argues Butler. Through groundbreaking and sometimes controversial methods--jury nullification (voting \"not guilty\" in drug cases as a form of protest), just saying \"no\" when the police request your permission to search, and refusing to work inside the system as a snitch or a prosecutor--ordinary people can tip the system towards actual justice. \u003cem\u003eLet's Get Free\u003c\/em\u003e is an evocative, compelling look at the steps we can collectively take to reform our broken system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595583297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595583291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2009 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/19\/2009 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 189","brand":"Paul Butler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979298537727,"sku":"9781595583291","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b5ccf3f-b598-4f5a-83bf-4e9729161c99.jpg?v=1683244809","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lets-get-free-paul-butler-9781595583291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}