When I Was Not My Brother's Keeper:: When Fear, Hate and Prejudice Administer The Law - Softcover

Healey, James Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1419657291 ISBN 13: 9781419657290

Publisher: BookSurge Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

This book traces the dramatic and controversial criminal case histories of the Black-American Scottsboro Boys, the Mexican-American 38th Street Gang (Sleepy Lagoon Murder/Zoot Suit Riots), and the Japanese-American Internment where decisions were made by authorities driven by fear, prejudice and hatred. Celebrated are those heroes - judges and lawyers - whose principles and courage reversed the course of judicial history and the errant results in these cases that victimized those imprisoned. In a culture influenced by its regional socioeconomic values, or where its media of fear and hysteria manipulated its values, harsh and unjust legal results punished those needing the greatest protections from the U.S.Constitution. Only a few rare and select persons rose to the defense of the damned.

About this title

About the Author:

The author is a graduate of Hunter College, the College of Staten Island in N.Y.C. and South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas. Prior to his law school education, he taught in high schools in New York City and Florida. Graduating from law school, the author opened his solo practice in Houston 29 years ago. While practicing law, he earned a theology degree in 2003 and taught college part-time for ten years integrating literature and media into his lessons. Those efforts and the personalities studied gave impetus to this book. The author describes himself as a “neighborhood lawyer” defending those cases that directly impact the ordinary man and his family. He credits himself with saving dozens of defendants from wrongful accusations, wrongful convictions and self-destruction.

About this edition

• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1419657291
• ISBN 13: 9781419657290
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186