Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
- ISBN-10
- 1594035229
- ISBN-13
- 9781594035227
- Category
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Pages
- 392
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-06-07
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Author
- Harvey Silverglate
Description
Reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any citizen of any social class or profession, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior.
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