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DESCRIPTION:The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System"\n \nCarl Dix 
 will be in conversation with Alec Karakatsanis.\n \nThis virtual program 
 will stream on YouTube and FaceBook 
 https://www.facebook.com/revbooksnyc/live/\nTo register for the event, go 
 here. 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alec-karakatsanis-on-usual-cruelty-the-complicity-of-lawyers-tickets-131059812427\n 
 \nAlec Karakatsanis is interested in what society chooses to punish. For 
 example, it is a crime in most of America for poor people to wager in the 
 streets over dice; dice-wagers can be seized, searched, have their assets 
 forfeited, and be locked in cages. It's perfectly fine, by contrast, for 
 people to wager over international currencies, mortgages, or the global 
 supply of wheat.\n \nAlec Karakatsanis is also troubled by how the legal 
 system works when it is trying to punish people. The bail system, for 
 example, is meant to ensure that people return for court dates. But it has 
 morphed into a way to lock up poor people who have not been convicted of 
 anything. He’s so concerned about this that he has personally sued court 
 systems across the country, resulting in literally tens of thousands of 
 people being released from jail when their money bail was found to be 
 unconstitutional.\n \n“[Usual Cruelty is] a devastating indictment of the 
 legal profession by one of our most important young lawyers, Usual Cruelty 
 cuts to the core of what is critical to understand about our legal system, 
 and about ourselves. Every law student and lawyer should read this 
 book.”\n—Anthony D. Romero, exec. director, American Civil Liberties 
 Union\n \nUsual Cruelty is available at Revolution Books in Harlem, or at 
 RB's online store here: 
 https://shop.revolutionbooksnyc.org/book/9781620975275 \n \nRead an excerpt 
 from Usual Cruelty about the money bail system in Time magazine here: 
 https://time.com/5749542/cash-bail-impact/\n \nAlec Karakatsanis is a 
 former public defender. He is the founder of the Civil Rights Corps, an 
 organization designed to advocate for racial justice and bring systemic 
 civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. He was named the 2016 
 Trial Lawyer of the Year by Public Justice, and was awarded by Gideon's 
 Promise for contributions to indigent defense in the South.\n \nCarl Dix is 
 a co-founder with Cornel West of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network; a 
 co-initiator of RefuseFascism.org; and a follower of the revolutionary 
 leader Bob Avakian.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/30/18838723.php
SUMMARY:Alec Karakatsanis on "Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers..."
LOCATION:Online event accessible through https://www.facebook.com/revbooksnyc/live/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/30/18838723.php
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