Criminal justice :  opposing viewpoints /  [print] 
Jill Karson, book editor. 
 - San Diego, California :  Greenhaven Press,  (c)1998. 
 - 208 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Reforms to eliminate racism are necessary  Reforms to eliminate racism are not necessary  The criminal justice system should focus on rehabilitation  The criminal justice system should focus on punishment  Reforming the jury system would improve the criminal justice system  Many reforms are needed to improve the criminal justice system  The dealth penalty should be eliminated  The death penalty should not be eliminated  The rights of the accused must be zealously protected  Zealous protection of the rights of the accused weakens the criminal justice system  The Miranda rule undermines the criminal justice system  The Miranda rule does not undermine the criminal justice system  The exclusionary rule weakens the criminal justice system  The exclusionary rule is necessary  Mandatory minimum sentencing should be abolished  Mandatory minimum sentencing is necessary  States should adopt truth-in-sentencing laws  States should not adopt truth-in-sentencing laws  The criminal trial is too adversarial  THe criminal trial should be more adversarial  A case for defending the guilty  A case for not defending the guilty  Defense attorneys distort the truth  Defense attorneys do not distort the truth  Jimmy Carter --  Linda Chavez and Robert Lerner --  Alan Orfi --  Charles H. Logan --  Akhil Reed Amar and Vikram David Amar --  Ted Gest --  James McCloskey --  John Douglas --  Sol Wachtler --  Daniel Lungren --  Paul Cassell and Stephen J. Markman --  Susan R. Klein --  Morgan O. Reynolds --  Carol S. Steiker -- "Three strikes" laws can reduce crime  David LaCourse Jr. -- "Three strikes" laws are inconsistent and overly punitive  Joseph D. McNamara --  Vincent L. Broderick --  Jay Apperson --  James Wootton --  Marc Mauer --  Franklin Strier --  Kenneth B. Nunn --  Robert L. Shapiro --  Vincent Bugliosi --  Harold J. Rothwax --  Charles M. Sevilla. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98004778 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal justice, Administration of--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV9950.K18.C756 1998