Raising Issues of Race in North Carolina Criminal Cases (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781560117599)

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Raising Issues of Race in North Carolina Criminal Cases is a resource for public defenders and appointed counsel who represent poor people accused of crimes. This publication is also useful to judges, prosecutors, and others who work to safeguard the integrity of the court system.

The book describes the ways in which considerations of race may improperly enter into the conduct of a criminal case, and gathers, organizes, and analyzes the law on the intersection of race and the criminal justice system. Ten chapters cover a variety of topics, such as:
-stops, searches, and arrests;
-eyewitness identification;
-pretrial release;
-selective prosecution;
-composition of grand and trial juries;
-trial issues; and
-sentencing.

Author: Alyson A. Grine, Emily Coward
ISBN-10: 1560117591
ISBN-13: 9781560117599
Publisher: Unc School of Government
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2014
Pages: 374
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.86lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.75d