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Just pursuit : a Black prosecutor's fight for fairness, Laura Coates

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Summary
"A powerful true story and groundbreaking account of bias in the courtroom from CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates, recounting her time as a Black female prosecutor for the US Department of Justice"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Extent
ix, 257 pages
Contents
  • Please don't come : on what happens when a black woman must aid in a deportation arrest
  • Wanna see something funny? : on being trained by a white colleague how to interrogate a black defendant
  • I want no part of this : on the older black woman victim who pleads for lenience for a young black defendant
  • She needed me to believe her : on the domestic assault victim afraid to be judged
  • That's not me : on the real case of mistaken identity
  • A seat at the (right) table : on the tension between black public defenders and prosecutors
  • Babyface : on the conviction of a baby-faced defendant who acts against his self-interest
  • There's still time : on prosecuting a mother for child abuse while faced with the prospect of losing my own
  • Not their son, too : on watching the victim's family beg not to have their son's murderer go to prison
  • No one who had been raped would have ever : on watching a judge shame a teenage sexual assault victim based on her courtroom attire
  • She's always been such a good girl : on cross-examining a naive and helpless mother trying to defend her daughter on trial
  • Grandstanding for justice
  • The chew : on the role of privilege in charging decisions
  • I just don't believe in it : on the tension between illegal and wrong
  • Chess pie : on a prosecutor embraced outside of the courtroom
  • It didn't have to happen to me : on the haunting effect of secondary trauma
  • Conclusion
Isbn
9781982173760
Instance
Label
Just pursuit : a Black prosecutor's fight for fairness
Title
Just pursuit
Title remainder
a Black prosecutor's fight for fairness
Statement of responsibility
Laura Coates
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A powerful true story and groundbreaking account of bias in the courtroom from CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates, recounting her time as a Black female prosecutor for the US Department of Justice"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
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Coates, Laura Gayle,
Dewey number
  • 340.092
  • B
  • 923/.473
Index
no index present
LC call number
KF373.C585
LC item number
A3 2022
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Coates, Laura Gayle
  • African American public prosecutors
  • Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Label
Just pursuit : a Black prosecutor's fight for fairness, Laura Coates
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Publication
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volume
Carrier category code
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Carrier MARC source
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Content category
text
Content type code
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Contents
Please don't come : on what happens when a black woman must aid in a deportation arrest -- Wanna see something funny? : on being trained by a white colleague how to interrogate a black defendant -- I want no part of this : on the older black woman victim who pleads for lenience for a young black defendant -- She needed me to believe her : on the domestic assault victim afraid to be judged -- That's not me : on the real case of mistaken identity -- A seat at the (right) table : on the tension between black public defenders and prosecutors -- Babyface : on the conviction of a baby-faced defendant who acts against his self-interest -- There's still time : on prosecuting a mother for child abuse while faced with the prospect of losing my own -- Not their son, too : on watching the victim's family beg not to have their son's murderer go to prison -- No one who had been raped would have ever : on watching a judge shame a teenage sexual assault victim based on her courtroom attire -- She's always been such a good girl : on cross-examining a naive and helpless mother trying to defend her daughter on trial -- Grandstanding for justice -- The chew : on the role of privilege in charging decisions -- I just don't believe in it : on the tension between illegal and wrong -- Chess pie : on a prosecutor embraced outside of the courtroom -- It didn't have to happen to me : on the haunting effect of secondary trauma -- Conclusion
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Extent
ix, 257 pages
Isbn
9781982173760
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2021041619
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
2021041619
Label
Just pursuit : a Black prosecutor's fight for fairness, Laura Coates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Please don't come : on what happens when a black woman must aid in a deportation arrest -- Wanna see something funny? : on being trained by a white colleague how to interrogate a black defendant -- I want no part of this : on the older black woman victim who pleads for lenience for a young black defendant -- She needed me to believe her : on the domestic assault victim afraid to be judged -- That's not me : on the real case of mistaken identity -- A seat at the (right) table : on the tension between black public defenders and prosecutors -- Babyface : on the conviction of a baby-faced defendant who acts against his self-interest -- There's still time : on prosecuting a mother for child abuse while faced with the prospect of losing my own -- Not their son, too : on watching the victim's family beg not to have their son's murderer go to prison -- No one who had been raped would have ever : on watching a judge shame a teenage sexual assault victim based on her courtroom attire -- She's always been such a good girl : on cross-examining a naive and helpless mother trying to defend her daughter on trial -- Grandstanding for justice -- The chew : on the role of privilege in charging decisions -- I just don't believe in it : on the tension between illegal and wrong -- Chess pie : on a prosecutor embraced outside of the courtroom -- It didn't have to happen to me : on the haunting effect of secondary trauma -- Conclusion
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Extent
ix, 257 pages
Isbn
9781982173760
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2021041619
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
2021041619

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