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Feltus Taylor, Jr., a young man from Louisiana, was raised in poverty, stigmatized and victimized throughout his life, constantly at the mercy of a deeply flawed justice system. He fell into the underworld of drug runners, money troubles, and violence that landed him on Death Row. The early years on Louisiana State Penitentiary's Death Row were bleak and lonely, yet Taylor embarked on a journey of personal redemption through writing and spiritual growth.

Transcribed from the original lectures recorded at San Francisco State University in 1987, The Nature of Drugs series highlights Shulgin’s engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides. Ostensibly taught as an introductory course on drugs and biochemistry, these books serve as both a historical record of Shulgin’s teaching style and the culmination of his philosophy on drugs, psychopharmacology, states of consciousness, and societal and individual freedoms pertaining to their use, both medicinal and exploratory.

100:1 The Crack Legacy investigates the war on crack in the mid-1980s and the devastation left in its wake. Host Christopher Johnson shares the experiences of the men and women who were on the frontlines - narcotics cops, ex- dealers, artists, community activists - to help explain the rise in incarceration, hyper-aggressive policing, and police shootings of unarmed people of color that we are experiencing now.

Uma coleção de ensaios que propõe um olhar radical acerca das prisões. Mais do que um sobrevoo em cinco décadas de ativismo, Abolição é um documento histórico que comprova a relevância de Angela Y. Davis para o debate contemporâneo.

She thought she had married her soul mate. But when Carol Kennedy could no longer tolerate her husband's reckless womanizing and out-of-control spending, the artist, therapist, and mother of two had to let him go. Just weeks after their divorce, Carol was found in her Arizona ranch home - bludgeoned to death with a golf club. Her ex, Steven DeMocker, was the prime suspect. Yet it took the authorities months to arrest him - and years to convict....

For the first time, the four most popular restorative justice audiobooks in the Justice & Peacebuilding series —The Little Book of Restorative Justice: Revised and Updated, The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing, The Little Book of Family Group Conferences, and The Little Book of Circle Processes — are available in one audio volume.

That only happens to other people's kids, right? Wrong. In this compelling book, written by one of Britain's top experts in youth justice, Aika Stephenson reveals the extraordinary cases she deals with daily. From the obviously vulnerable to the A-grade student from a stable upbringing, Just for Kids Law, the campaigning charity co-founded by Stephenson in 2007, has helped thousands of children and young people overcome the