Criminal Injustice: Slaves and Free Blacks in Georgia's Criminal Justice System

by Glenn McNair

Criminal Injustice: Slaves and Free Blacks in Georgia?s Criminal Justice System is the most comprehensive study of the criminal justice system of a slave state to date. McNair traces the evolution of Georgia?s legal culture by examining its use of slave codes and slave patrols, as well as presenting data on crimes prosecuted, trial procedures and practices, conviction rates, the appellate process, and punishment. Based on more than four hundred capital...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813927935
• ISBN13: 9780813927930
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"