Justice Restored (ePub)

A powerful manifesto showing why and how "justice" has been removed from our "criminal justice system"-and what we can do to restore it.

Criminal justice reform has moved to the center of our national conversation about mass incarceration, race, poverty, and economic fairness. But there's been no overarching look at how the erosion of rights has stolen "justice" from us and what can be done about it.

Seizing this moment, Justice Restored is an expose, history lesson, and powerful call-to-action not only to reduce the number of people in prison, but to fix the underlying causes that stack a deeply corrupt criminal justice system against the very citizens it's meant to protect. Each of the book's ten chapters lays out one aspect of the system including:

• the shameful use and misuse of plea bargaining

• the near-complete elimination of parole and the institution of a second sentence known as "supervised" release

• the unintended consequences and abuses of conspiracy charges

• the need to restore jury rights to ensure prosecutors and judges are not above the law

Author Howell Woltz was himself caught up in this "injustice system" when he was wrongly arrested by the FBI in 2006, denied bail, and imprisoned for seven years without ever being convicted. He vividly illustrates his findings with examples of the injustices he witnessed as well as riveting prisoner stories. His passionate arguments and sound recommendations demonstrate that making things right is not only possible but long overdue.