A Rage to Punish: The Unintended Consequences of Mandatory Sentencing

By Lois G. Forer

In a mix of history, anecdote, and accounts from her own cases, Forer--a trial judge for sixteen years and an award-winning author--writes about the folly and cruelty of present sentencing laws. Based... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393036413
• ISBN13: 9780393036411
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

FANTASTIC, MORE PEOPLE NEED TO READ THIS BOOK

THIS IS A MUST BOOK FOR PEOPLE TO READ. MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL ASKING FOR THIS BOOK, BECAUSE OUR PRISONS ARE BEING FILLED WITH INMATES THAT ARE NOT GETTING JUST SENTENCES DUE TO THE MANDATORY FIASCO. MANY MORE JUDGES ARE JOING THE RANKS CONDEMING THIS UNJUST PROCEDURE THAT TAKES THE POWER TO SENTENCE AWAY FROM THE JUDGES AND GIVES IT TO THE PROSECUTOR WHO IS UNABLE TO PASS A JUST SENTENCE. I NEED TO KNOW WHY THIS BOOK WAS PUT OUT OF CIRCULATION. I WANT TO SEE THAT IT IS PUT BACK IN CIRCULATION.

Fiction that should be viewed as Future History

The first half of this book, is a History of the Gun Culture. This section tells of those who made guns great, just as others made other sports great. Starting from the section in the book, where the time frame is current, is where the fiction starts, yet it reads as an accurate account of Future History to me. I can see this happening, if we are lucky! If not, it will be much worse and will make the Rape of Manchuria, seem a pleasant thing to happen! There are a couple of technical problems, but not a single one stopped me from enjoying the book. Unlike some other endeviors from other writters, who have no idea of what they are talking about This is a must read book, for all that believe in the U.S.A. For those that do not, they too should read it, to see who their enemies are!