Renegade for justice: defending the defenseless in an outlaw world

"Renegade for Justice begins by telling the story of how and why a privileged kid from Cambridge, Massachusetts broke from family tradition and devoted his professional life to defending the defenseless in a justice system that is crippled by systemic injustice. Radical lawyer Stephen Saltonsta...

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1. Verfasser: Saltonstall, Stephen Lee (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Meltsner, Michael 1937- (VerfasserIn eines Geleitwortes)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lawrence University Press of Kansas [2022]
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Zusammenfassung:"Renegade for Justice begins by telling the story of how and why a privileged kid from Cambridge, Massachusetts broke from family tradition and devoted his professional life to defending the defenseless in a justice system that is crippled by systemic injustice. Radical lawyer Stephen Saltonstall brings readers into the world of criminal defense by recounting narratives of his cases, including a successful attack on a Massachusetts death penalty statute, appeals of two notorious homicide cases (a serial murderer and a cop-killer), an effort to save the life of a little boy whose parents refused to give him the medical treatment he needed for acute lymphocytic leukemia, free speech cases for students and an environmentalist carpenter, litigation to save critical black bear and neotropical migratory songbird habitat from U.S. Forest Service clearcutting, and more. In a system biased against the public interest and the underprivileged, Saltonstall gives people a model for practicing values-based law"--
Beschreibung:Includes index.
Beschreibung:xvi, 263 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:9780700633678

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