"Two centuries ago, the American criminal justice was run primarily by laymen. Jury trials passed moral judgment on crimes, vindicated victims and innocent defendants, and denounced the guilty. But over the last two centuries, lawyers have taken over the process, silencing victi…
Presenting a survey of how the legal process in the US has changed over two centuries, this text calculates the social cost of a prevailing quest for efficiency that has seen both courts and corrections removed from public control & placed in the hands of professionals.
Presenting a survey of how the legal process in the US has changed over two centuries, this text calculates the social cost of a prevailing quest for efficiency that has seen both courts and corrections removed from public control & placed in the hands of professionals.
"Two centuries ago, the American criminal justice was run primarily by laymen. Jury trials passed moral judgment on crimes, vindicated victims and innocent defendants, and denounced the guilty. But over the last two centuries, lawyers have taken over the process, silencing victi…
"Two centuries ago, the American criminal justice was run primarily by laymen. Jury trials passed moral judgment on crimes, vindicated victims and innocent defendants, and denounced the guilty. But over the last two centuries, lawyers have taken over the process, silencing victi…