Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the english common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. Three felonies a day is about how the federal government goes after professionals for activity that isnt really criminal. It challenges the honest law and order types who reflexively defend our system of law enforcement. The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the code of federal regulations, handing. How the feds target the innocent hacker news books. Harvey silverglate has written a book, three felonies a day. This is from the amazon page on attorney harvey silverglates book three felonies a day.
How the feds target the innocent, in which he claims, according to the amazon blurb. The books listed here are set completely or partially in real or imaginary places in the state of maine. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the english. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the code of federal. Thanks to vaguely worded statutes and a huge federal criminal code, a creative prosecutor and bring charges up on virtually anyone no matter i decided not to finish this book, i made it a little over a third of the way through. True, i skimmed some pages but i looked at every page. Title 11 crimes and criminal procedure delaware criminal code chapter 5. Boston civilliberties lawyer harvey silverglate calls his new book three felonies a day, referring to the number of crimes he estimates the. Does the average american unwittingly commit three. The average professional in this country wakes up in the morni. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond. How the feds target the innocent criminal defense attorney harvey silverglate explains how the body of federal law. Theyre in alphabetical order by author, with links to author entries on the maine writers index at the maine state library, if applicable not all books set in maine are written by maine authors.
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