{"product_id":"ordinary-injustice-alfredo-mirandzs-9780816551798","title":"Ordinary Injustice: Rascuache Lawyering and the Anatomy of a Criminal Case","description":"\u003ci\u003eOrdinary Injustice\u003c\/i\u003e is the unique and riveting story of a young Latino student, Juan Rulfo, with no previous criminal record involved in a domestic violence dispute that quickly morphs into a complex case with ten felonies, multiple enhancements, a \"No Bail\" order, and a potential life sentence without the possibility of parole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Building from author Alfredo Mirandé's earlier work \u003ci\u003eRascuache Lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e, the account is told by \"The Professor,\" who led a pro bono rascuache legal defense team comprising the professor, a retired prosecutor, and student interns, working without a budget, office, paralegals, investigators, or support staff. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in race, gender, and criminal injustice and will appeal not only to law scholars and social scientists but to lay readers interested in ethnographic field research, Latinx communities, and racial disparities in the legal system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The case is presented as a series of letters to the author's fictional alter-ego, Fermina Gabriel, an accomplished lawyer and singer. This narrative device allows the author to present the case as it happens, relaying the challenges and complexities as they occur and drawing the reader in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Injustice\u003c\/i\u003e deals with important, complicated legal issues and questions that arise in criminal defense work and looks at the case from the time of Juan's arrest to the preliminary hearing, indictment, pretrial motions, and attempts to obtain a negotiated plea, it is written in nontechnical and engaging language that makes law accessible to the lay reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfredo Mirandé\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816551790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816551798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Alfredo Mirandé","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46767275147519,"sku":"9780816551798","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cdf7923d-10eb-4538-a3ce-582cfc47a3ba.jpg?v=1744169352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ordinary-injustice-alfredo-mirandzs-9780816551798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}