Author: C a L Shields
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Advice on how to stay out of jail. Practical advice from 40 years of criminal law experience. Authored by C.A.L. Shields District Attorney (Ret.), Former President of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, Board Certified in Criminal Trial Advocacy and certified as a Capital case defense attorney, Shields has prosecuted or defended scores of homicides trials. His court appearances number in the thousands and he has reviewed tens of thousands of cases. The book condenses decades of observations and advice in an easy to read and comprehend style. He has seen almost every possible situation that has threatened to increase the odds of a person going to jail. The book combines How To and How Not To advice with an aim to avoiding situations that may result in a person going to jail. The advice focuses on both staying out of trouble and getting out of trouble. The advice is illustrated by the use of common situations that the average person may encounter along with strategies to use when dealing with encounters with law enforcement.Legal jargon is kept to a minimum, the focus being on the non-lawyer. The chapters are straightforward and presented in a direct and sometime humorous manner. Street language is kept to a minimum, being employed only when necessary to the situation described.The targeted audience is people on the edge of big trouble, their grandmothers or probation officers. There are several chapters that are useful to citizens whose encounters with law enforcement are infrequent but with the potential for trouble.The book can be read as a whole, by individual chapters or as a reference guide
Author: Corrigan Townsend
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781470050993
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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In an effort to help myself and others like me and especially the teenagers, I have written these words, 101 Ways To Stay Out Of Jail, right here from the Will County Jail, Joliet Illinois. Just like so many others, this is not where I am supposed to be. I'm intelligent. I have strong family support, and I was raised in the church.
Author: Jerry L. West
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456746758
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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50 Ways To Die is a compendium of death and sometimes violent crimes occurring in the county, and the social trends that surround them. West’s research centered on records of Coroner’s Inquest and microfilm of the newspaper, Yorkville Enquirer, both of which are archived at the History Center in York. The inquests records had not been studied until West began his research which coincided with members of the staff and volunteers were indexing. A great deal of appreciation is extended to Archivist Nancy Sanbet, her staff and the several volunteers who assisted. And a special thank you to Miles Gardner who gave the idea for this book by his Murder and Mayhem in Old Kershaw. This book gives accounts of murders, suicides, accidental deaths and gruesome infanticides, ending in 1929. West has randomly extracted more than twenty murders, some of which are still retold in local kitchens and living rooms. The list includes the 1929 chilling murder of Faye Wilson King by her husband, Rafe. This murder brought national publicity to the small western York County town of Sharon. Also included is the 1922 murder of playing children by a man angry over water in Clover, and the brutal murder of Johnny Lee Good in 1888. People of York County have murdered over women, food, liquor, money, slander and unpaid bills and they did it with planks, bare hands, guns, knives and even ironing boards. Sometimes these occurred on the spur of the moment with overheated blood and sometimes with cold calculation. While most crimes were white on white or black on black, the subject of race has been excluded expect in cases where mentioning it was for clarification. One thing is clear in many of these cases, justice came to some, and the times were certainly not safe for minorities, the poor, and children.
Author: David Coogan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939930590
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Detailing the formative and transformative memories of ten men, 'Writing Our Way Out' is the creative culmination of a writing class that began in the Richmond City Jail in Virginia, and grew into a journey to re-entry. Compiled in a narrative by their teacher, Dr. David Coogan, these stories explore the conditions, traps, and turning points on the path to imprisonment in modern America, as well as the redemptive and rehabilitative power of memoir.
Author: Sheila Key
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577317025
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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If you’re approaching that huge milepost with less than your usual birthday enthusiasm, open this book to discover all the ways in which turning fifty might just be the best thing yet. The authors share a wide range of ideas for making this major life transition a time of opportunity, growth, and celebration. As Sheila Key writes in the introduction: “What Peg and I hope you’ll hear among these pages is the irrepressible rustling of joy — joy enough to make you bust out laughing, sure, and the kind that comes from improving your mental outlook and physical habits, even just a little. But also the simple joy of having lived this long, of being able to look back over five full decades and forward to who-knows-how-many more; not to mention...the joy of living more mindfully in the ever-present Now.” Bursting with anecdotes, activities, “things to try at least once,” advice from a savvy doctor, and clever ways to remember it all, this little volume sparkles like a treasure chest. It’s as chock-full of useful and entertaining gems as your life is full of memories, regrets, dreams, and possibilities.
Author: Linda Wisdom
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402235348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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A witch who can't stay out of trouble A drop-dead gorgeous vampire cop on the trail of a serial killer And a pair of bunny slippers with sharp teeth and short tempers (watch your ankles)! After a sizzling on-again-off-again love affair with Nikolai Gregorivich for the past 300 years, I still can't decide if I want to scorch him with a fireball or jump into bed with him. Real talk: A vampire's kiss is pretty hard to resist, but when a vampire sucks...he really sucks. Unfortunately, Nick's now shown up needing my help to track down a maniacal killer with super-supernatural powers...which I guess means the fireball plan is out. But I am determined to ignore the ever-increasing attraction between the two of us and remind him that this witch's kiss is off-limits...or is it?
Author: Nelson Algren
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 9781583220085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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The Man with the Golden Arm is Nelson Algren's most powerful and enduring work. On the 50th anniversary of its publication in November 1949, for which Algren was honored with the first National Book Award (which he received from none other than Eleanor Roosevelt at a ceremony in March 1950), Seven Stories is proud to release the first critical edition of an Algren work. A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems. The literary critic Malcolm Cowley called The Man with the Golden Arm "Algren's defense of the individual," while Carl Sandburg wrote of its "strange midnight dignity." A literary tour de force, here is a novel unlike any other, one in which drug addiction, poverty, and human failure somehow suggest a defense of human dignity and a reason for hope. Special contributions by Russell Banks, Bettina Drew, James R. Giles, Carlo Rotella, William Savage, Lee Stringer, Studs Terkel, Kurt Vonnegut, and others.
Author: Daniel E. Kline
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780452286658
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Celebrities and experts representing a wide variety of fields--including Gene Upshaw, Carson Kressley, Amarillo Slim, Joe Lieberman, and Kevin O'Connor--share their insights and wisdom on everything from making a business deal or running for political office to dressing for a date and making home repairs. Original. 50,000 first printing.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alternatives to imprisonment
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Author: Martin Luther King
Publisher: HarperOne
ISBN: 9780063425811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written and published by eight white clergyman admonishing the civil rights demonstrations happening in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King drafted his seminal response on scraps of paper smuggled into jail. King criticizes his detractors for caring more about order than justice, defends nonviolent protests, and argues for the moral responsibility to obey just laws while disobeying unjust ones. "Letter from Birmingham Jail" proclaims a message - confronting any injustice is an acceptable and righteous reason for civil disobedience. This beautifully designed edition presents Dr. King's speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.
