Twenty Million Angry Men: The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520379169)

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.


Author: James M. Binnall
ISBN-10: 0520379160
ISBN-13: 9780520379169
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2021
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2022