{"product_id":"everyone-against-us-by-allen-goodman-9780226826233","title":"Everyone against Us","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA former public defender testifies to the vivid human suffering at the heart of America’s criminal justice system.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a public defender, Allen Goodman faced cross-examination from family and friends every day: how could he live with himself? How could he work to help criminals? Presumed guilty by association, Goodman quickly learned that such interrogations were stacked against him. People didn’t really want an answer; they wanted a defense. Idealistic to a fault, he gave them one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEveryone Against Us\u003c\/em\u003e is Goodman’s testimony of his life as a public defender. In it, he documents his efforts to defend clients, both guilty and innocent, against routine police abuse, prosecutorial misconduct, and unjust sentencing. To work in criminal justice, Goodman shows, is to confront and combat vivid human suffering. From sex trafficking, murder, and abuse to false conviction, torture, and systemic racism, Goodman describes the daily experiences that both rattled his worldview and motivated his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part exposé, \u003cem\u003eEveryone Against Us\u003c\/em\u003e is the moving story of an embattled civil servant who staves off the worst abuses of the criminal justice system, at great personal cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072504578284,"sku":"9780226826233","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20490613482268.jpg?v=1765114416","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/everyone-against-us-by-allen-goodman-9780226826233","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}