Bending the Bars
The Case for Second Chances in American Justice
$38.55
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
16 March 2027
Summary
What justice requires when people change but their sentences stay the same.
America loves a second chance story. Yet people convicted of serious crimes are seldom given one. Years after taking responsibility and working to repair harm, many remain behind bars under sentences that offer no meaningful opportunity to demonstrate rehabilitation.
Bending the Bars confronts this profound double standard at the heart of American punishment. Grounding law and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520410398 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0520410394 |
| Author: | Jessica S. Henry |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 16 March 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Jessica S. Henry
Jessica S. Henry is an attorney and Professor Emerita of Justice Studies at Montclair State University. She is the award-winning author of Smoke but No Fire: Convicting the Innocent of Crimes that Never Happened and host of the podcast Just Justice.
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