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Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the USA

By Mumia Abu-Jamal

Book information

Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Year
2009
ISBN
0872864693, 9780872864696
LCC
KF337.5.P7 A78 2008
Open Library ID
OL16871060M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
843 kB (862833 bytes)
Pages
314\314
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

“Expert and well-reasoned commentary on the justice system. . . . His writings are dangerous.”—The Village VoiceIn Jailhouse Lawyers, award-winning journalist and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal presents the stories and reflections of fellow prisoners-turned-advocates who have learned to use the court system to represent other prisoners—many uneducated or illiterate—and, in some cases, to win their freedom. In Abu-Jamal’s words, “This is the story of law learned, not in the ivory towers of multi-billion-dollar endowed universities [but] in the bowels of the slave-ship, in the dank dungeons of America.”Includes an introduction by Angela Y. Davis.Mumia Abu-Jamal’s books include Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms.

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