Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System

by Alec Karakatsanis

A "searing, searching, and eloquent" (Martha Minow, Harvard Law School) investigation into the role of the legal profession in perpetuating mass incarceration--now in an accessible paperback format from the award-winning civil rights lawyer

"Usual Cruelty cuts to the core of what is critical to understand about our legal system, and about ourselves."
--Anthony D. Romero, executive director, ACLU

Usual Cruelty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620979144
• ISBN13: 9781620979143
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.4"