How Overzealous Prosecutors Turn Ordinary Citizens Into Convicts
01 May 2020
Sidney Powell, former federal prosecutor and lead counsel in more than 500 federal appeals, discusses Conviction Machine: Standing Up to Federal Prosecutorial Abuse, a book she co-authored with Harvey Silverglate that shines a light on the defects of the federal judicial system – including overzealous prosecutors, perjury traps, negligent judges, vague and overabundant criminal statutes, insufficient requirements for criminal intent, and more – and provides a blueprint for reforming the Department of Justice and the criminal justice system.
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