Plea Bargaining and Crime Victims. The National Center for Victims of Crime has taken a strong stand with regard to plea bargaining. See their Web site http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/Main.aspx.
The Scottsboro Boys. There are two excellent books on the Scottsboro case: Dan T. Carter, Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South (New York: Oxford University Press, 1969); and James Goodman, Stories of Scottsboro (New York: Pantheon, 1994).
Clarence Earl Gideon. The full story of the Clarence Gideon case was published as Gideon's Trumpet in 1964 by New York Times correspondent Anthony Lewis. In addition, a 1979 made-for-television production based on the book (Samuel Goldwyn Studios' Gideon's Trumpet, with actor Henry Fonda in the leading role) is available on video.
The Judiciary and Human Rights. Amnesty International monitors judicial problems in a number of countries. See their home page on the Web http://www.amnesty.org.
Community Prosecution Programs. Prosecutors, taking a cue from law enforcement agencies' "community policing" initiatives, are establishing similar programs aimed at involving members of their communities in the justice system. A number of reports on these programs are available from the Center for Court Innovation. On the Web http://www.courtinnovation.org.
