For the People - by Larry Krasner (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Larry Krasner spent thirty years learning about America's carceral system as a civil rights and criminal defense lawyer in Philadelphia, working to get some kind of justice for his clients in a broken system in the era of mass incarceration, before deciding that the way to truly transform the system was to get inside of it. So he launched an unlikely campaign to become the District Attorney of Philadelphia, a city known for its long line of notorious 'tough on crime' DAs. When Krasner announced his candidacy, surrounded by the activists and community organizers he'd worked with for years, the president of the Philadelphia police union described it as 'hilarious.' Despite the odds, Krasner laid out a simple case for radical reform and won the November general election by a margin of nearly 50%--he was able to enter the halls of power and begin the work of dismantling mass incarceration from the inside. This is not just a story about Krasner's remarkable life as a defense lawyer and his powerful, grassroots campaign, but the bigger story of how power and injustice conspire together to create a carceral state unprecedented in the world. Readers follow Krasner through the streets and courtrooms and election precincts of one American city to see how our system of injustice was built--and how we might dismantle it"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Philadelphia's progressive district attorney offers an inspiring vision of how people can take back power to reform criminal justice, based on lessons from a life's work as an advocate for the accused. <p/><b>"Larry Krasner is at the forefront of a movement to disrupt a system. This is a story that needs to be read by millions."--Bryan Stevenson, author of <i>Just Mercy</i></b><br></b><br>Larry Krasner spent thirty years learning about America's carceral system as a civil rights and criminal defense lawyer in Philadelphia, working to get some kind of justice for his clients in a broken system, before deciding that the way to truly transform the system was to get inside of it. So he launched an unlikely campaign to become the district attorney of Philadelphia, a city known for its long line of notorious "tough on crime" DAs who had turned Philly into a city with one of the highest rates of incarceration in the country. Despite long odds and derisive opposition from the police union and other forces of the status quo, Krasner laid out a simple case for radical reform and won the November 2017 general election by a margin of nearly 50 percent. <p/><i>For the People</i> is not just a story about Krasner's remarkable early life as a defense lawyer and his innovative grassroots campaign; it's also a larger exploration of how power and injustice conspired to create a carceral state unprecedented in the world. Readers follow Krasner's lifelong journey through the streets and courtrooms and election precincts of one American city all the way up to his swearing-in ceremony to see how our system of injustice was built--and how we might dismantle it. <p/>In the tradition of powerful critiques of the criminal justice system, from Bryan Stevenson's <i>Just Mercy</i> to Michelle Alexander's <i>The New Jim Crow, For the People</i> makes the compelling case that transforming criminal justice is the most important civil rights movement of our time and can only be achieved if we're willing to fight for the power to make a change.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Larry Krasner's story is astonishing and compelling because he's flipping the script. After decades of police and prosecutors being lionized in our culture, Krasner rises to power promising to defend the lambs. This is a story not to be missed."<b>--Michelle Alexander, author of <i>The New Jim Crow</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Larry Krasner</b> is currently serving as the twenty-sixth district attorney of Philadelphia. Krasner worked as a criminal defense lawyer in Philadelphia for thirty years before being elected district attorney in 2017.
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