Jailhouse lawyers, prisoners defending prisoners v. the U.S.A
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Jailhouse lawyers, prisoners defending prisoners v. the U.S.A
Language
eng
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Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Jailhouse lawyers
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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prisoners defending prisoners v. the U.S.A
Summary
In 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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adult
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