New York State Penal Code 2018

New York State Penal Code 2018
Author: John Snape
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2017-11-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1387402005

The complete text of the New York State Penal Code. This is the 2018 version of the law. The Penal Code includes the following: Part 1 - General Provisions; Part 2 - Sentences; Part 3 - Specific Offenses; Part 4 - Administrative Provisions; also includes the New York Civil Rights Law and Article 33 Title 5-A of the Public Health Law (The Medical Marihuana laws) plus in the appendix: List of Offenses by Severity. Does not contain any legal analysis.

New York State Labor Code 2018

New York State Labor Code 2018
Author: John Snape
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2017-12-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1387456873

The New York State Labor Code is a collection of civil labor law statutes for the State of New York. The code is made up of statutes which govern the general obligations and rights of employees and employers within the jurisdiction of the State of New York. This is the 2018 edition, and is complete and unabridged. It does not contain any legal analysis.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Inside the Cell

Inside the Cell
Author: Erin E Murphy
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1568584709

Josiah Sutton was convicted of rape. He was five inches shorter and 65 pounds lighter than the suspect described by the victim, but at trial a lab analyst testified that his DNA was found at the crime scene. His case looked like many others -- arrest, swab, match, conviction. But there was just one problem -- Sutton was innocent. We think of DNA forensics as an infallible science that catches the bad guys and exonerates the innocent. But when the science goes rogue, it can lead to a gross miscarriage of justice. Erin Murphy exposes the dark side of forensic DNA testing: crime labs that receive little oversight and produce inconsistent results; prosecutors who push to test smaller and poorer-quality samples, inviting error and bias; law-enforcement officers who compile massive, unregulated, and racially skewed DNA databases; and industry lobbyists who push policies of "stop and spit." DNA testing is rightly seen as a transformative technological breakthrough, but we should be wary of placing such a powerful weapon in the hands of the same broken criminal justice system that has produced mass incarceration, privileged government interests over personal privacy, and all too often enforced the law in a biased or unjust manner. Inside the Cell exposes the truth about forensic DNA, and shows us what it will take to harness the power of genetic identification in service of accuracy and fairness.

Guidelines Manual

Guidelines Manual
Author: United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1995
Genre: Sentences (Criminal procedure)
ISBN:

Race to Incarcerate

Race to Incarcerate
Author: Marc Mauer
Publisher: The New Press
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2013-04-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1595588930

"Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands." —Michelle Alexander More than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the United States, producing the highest rate of incarceration in the world. How did this happen? As the director of The Sentencing Project, Marc Mauer has long been one of the country's foremost experts on sentencing policy, race, and the criminal justice system. His book Race to Incarcerate has become the essential text for understanding the exponential growth of the U.S. prison system; Michelle Alexander, author of the bestselling The New Jim Crow, calls it "utterly indispensable." Now, Sabrina Jones, a member of the World War 3 Illustrated collective and an acclaimed author of politically engaged comics, has collaborated with Mauer to adapt and update the original book into a vivid and compelling comics narrative. Jones's dramatic artwork adds passion and compassion to the complex story of the penal system's shift from rehabilitation to punishment and the ensuing four decades of prison expansion, its interplay with the devastating "War on Drugs," and its corrosive effect on generations of Americans. With a preface by Mauer and a foreword by Alexander, Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling presents a compelling argument about mass incarceration's tragic impact on communities of color—if current trends continue, one of every three black males and one of every six Latino males born today can expect to do time in prison. The race to incarcerate is not only a failed social policy, but also one that prevents a just, diverse society from flourishing.