When I Was Not My Brother's Keeper: : When Fear, Hate and Prejudice Administer The Law (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781419657290)

This book traces the dramatic and controversial criminal case histories of the Black-American Scottsboro Boys, the Mexican-American 38th Street Gang (Sleepy Lagoon Murder/Zoot Suit Riots), and the Japanese-American Internment where decisions were made by authorities driven by fear, prejudice and hatred. Celebrated are those heroes - judges and lawyers - whose principles and courage reversed the course of judicial history and the errant results in these cases that victimized those imprisoned. In a culture influenced by its regional socioeconomic values, or where its media of fear and hysteria manipulated its values, harsh and unjust legal results punished those needing the greatest protections from the U.S.Constitution. Only a few rare and select persons rose to the defense of the damned.

Author: James Sean Healey
ISBN-10: 1419657291
ISBN-13: 9781419657290
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2007
Pages: 186
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.40d