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Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

September 24, 2009

Harvey A. Silverglate attorney, writer

Attorney and author Harvey Silverglate discusses Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent.

Silverglate's new book 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 citizen of any social class or profession, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior.

Topics: Culture & Identity | History | People & Places | Politics & Public Affairs

Tags: American Civil Liberties Union | Authors | civil rights | FBI | federal government | felony | Human Rights | Law & Criminal Justice | Lifestyle | Non-Fiction

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Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

Author: Harvey A. Silverglate

Publisher: Encounter Books (2009)

Binding: Hardcover, 325 pages

The Shadow University: The Betrayal Of Liberty On America's Campuses

Author: Press The Free, Harvey A. Silverglate, Alan Charles Kors

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (1999)

Binding: Paperback, 432 pages

FIRE's Guide to First-Year Orientation and Thought Reform on Campus

Author: Jordan Lorence; Harvey Silverglate

Publisher: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (2005)

Binding: Paperback, 98 pages

FIRE's Guide to Free Speech on Campus (Fire's Guides to Student Rights on Campus.)

Author: Greg Lukianoff, David A. French, Harvey A. Silverglate

Publisher: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (2004)

Binding: Paperback, 208 pages

FIRE's Guide to Due Process and Fair Procedure on Campus (Fire's Guides to Student Rights on Campus)

Author: Josh Gewolb, Harvey A. Silverglate

Publisher: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (2003)

Binding: Paperback, 166 pages

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