Name: Twenty Million Angry Men: The Case for Including Convicted Felons in our Jury System
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Author: James M. Binnall
ISBN: 9780520379176

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Twenty Million Angry Men: The Case for Including Convicted Felons in our Jury System

Type

Physical Book

Author

James M. Binnall

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780520379176

Synopsis "Twenty Million Angry Men: The Case for Including Convicted Felons in our Jury System"

Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon’s eligibility for jury service. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions of Americans from the jury process? How do felon-juror exclusion statutes impact convicted felons, jury systems, and jurisdictions that impose them? Twenty Million Angry Men provides the first full account of this pervasive yet invisible form of civic marginalization. Drawing on extensive research, James M. Binnall challenges the professed rationales for felon-juror exclusion and highlights the benefits of inclusion as they relate to criminal desistance at the individual and community levels. Ultimately, this forward-looking book argues that when it comes to serving as a juror, a history of involvement in the criminal justice system is an asset, not a liability.