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PARTIAL JUSTICE: A Study of Bias in Sentencing.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of four judges - all complex men, ethical and thoughtful -two liberal, two conservative - which reveals how unconscious biases are so pervasive in the US "justice" system, resulting in a broad and arbitrary disparity in the sentences given to those convicted of crime.. Notes, index. xvii, 244, vi. ISBN: 0-394-485939.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 58120More details Price: $20.00 -
DEATH ROW.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Beacon Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A Devasting Report on Life Inside the Texas Death House" based on interviews with the inmates on The Row at the Texas State Prison at Huntsville - a shocking portrait of the living dead. Includes a Glossary of the Row. xvii, 292 pp plus 24 pp of inserted photographs. ISBN: 0-807032026.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67807More details Price: $40.00 -
TATTOO THE WICKED CROSS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, 1967. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First book by this important Chicano writer, a highly praised novel condemning the cruelty found in juvenile institutions in this country,
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light offsetting to the endpapers)
Book ID: 28952More details Price: $60.00