
A Parallel Universe 2nd Edition - Six New Chapters
Not Science Fiction But You May Wish It Were
PM Library (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 14. October 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
342 pages
978-1-63649-693-1 (ISBN)
Description
A PARALLEL UNIVERSE
NOT SCIENCE FICTION
BUT YOU MAY WISH IT WERE
2nd Edition - Six New Chapters
Here is a unique bringing together of non-fiction (the lawyer's perspective) and fiction (the writer's view) on a topic of devastating concern to victims and the accused. Alex Landon (the lawyer) and Elaine Halleck (the writer) explore a particularly difficult topic, the effect of laws enacted in the aftermath of brutal child abductions and murders on those accused of lesser sexual crimes or those falsely accused and on society as a whole.
"While Elaine Halleck's portion of the tale shows how policies of the criminal justice system might exile one person from any sustaining contact with his community and from any protection by civilizing principles that have evolved over the centuries, Alex Landon's non-fiction sections show how these policies have had severe effects on many other people and on the community at large. The ruinous expense of such policies is an important point in many of Landon's chapters."
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Edition
2nd - Six New Chapters ed.
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
556 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63649-693-1 (9781636496931)
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ALEX LANDON is an attorney specializing in criminal law for over 50years. He has taught Corrections and Sentencing for 38 years at theUniversity of San Diego School of Law.Landon's concern about people convicted of sex offenses grew out ofthis core interest in civil rights. "They don't have the same civil rights asother people-that's counter to the Constitution. Laws are prejudicedagainst them. They should be able to travel and live where they need to."His involvement in Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws wassparked by ACSOL's focus on constitutional rights.He was chair of the Board of the Institute for Criminal DefenseAdvocacy at Cal Western (where the California Innocence Project wascreated), president of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice andexecutive director of the Defenders Program of San Diego, Inc. andCommunity Defenders, Inc., while maintaining a law practice includingcapital cases. He is a frequent speaker at seminars and public programs.