A deeply revealing exposé of the American prosecutorial system and its historic and present racial inequities--and how we can transform the system to one of fairness and justice. In
Get Off My Neck, Debbie Hines
draws on her unique perspective as a trial lawyer, former Baltimore prosecutor, and assistant attorney general for the State of Maryland to argue that US prosecutors, as the most powerful players in the criminal justice system, systematically target and criminalize Black people. Hines describes her disillusionment as a young Black woman who initially entered the profession with the goal of helping victims of crimes, only to discover herself aiding and abetting a system that prizes plea bargaining, speedy conviction, and excessive punishment above all else. In this book, she offers concrete, specific, and hopeful solutions for just how we can come together in a common purpose for criminal justice and racial justice reform.
Get Off My Neck explains that the racial inequities in the prosecutorial system are built into our country's DNA. What's more, they are the direct result of a history that has conditioned Americans to perceive the Black body as insignificant at best and dangerous at worst. Unlike other books that discuss the prosecutor's office and change from inside the office, Hines
offers a proactive approach to fixing our broken prosecutorial system through a broad-based alliance of reform-minded prosecutors, activists, allies, communities, and racial justice organizations--all working together to end the racist treatment of Black people.
Told intimately through personal, family, and client narratives,
Get Off My Neck is not only a deeply sobering account of our criminal justice system and its devastating impact on Black children, youth, and adults but also a practical and inspiring roadmap for how we can start doing better right now.
《Get Off My Neck》是一本深入揭示美國檢察系統及其歷史和現在種族不平等的曝光作品，並探討我們如何將該系統轉變為公平和正義的一本書。
在《Get Off My Neck》中，作者Debbie Hines以她作為一名審判律師、前巴爾的摩檢察官和馬里蘭州助理檢察官的獨特視角，主張美國檢察官作為刑事司法系統中最有權力的角色，系統性地以黑人為目標並將其犯罪化。 Hines描述了她作為一名年輕的黑人女性的幻滅感，她最初進入這個行業的目標是幫助犯罪受害者，但卻發現自己在協助一個將認罪交易、快速定罪和過度懲罰視為至高無上的系統。在這本書中，她提供了具體、具體且充滿希望的解決方案，以便我們如何共同致力於刑事司法和種族正義改革。
《Get Off My Neck》解釋了檢察系統中的種族不平等是我們國家基因中固有的。更重要的是，它們是一個歷史的直接結果，這個歷史使美國人認為黑人身體至多微不足道，至少危險。與其他討論檢察官辦公室和內部改革的書籍不同，《Get Off My Neck》提供了一種積極的方法來修復我們破碎的檢察系統，通過一個廣泛的改革主義檢察官、活動家、盟友、社區和種族正義組織的聯盟共同努力，結束對黑人的種族主義對待。
《Get Off My Neck》通過個人、家庭和客戶敘述，不僅是對我們刑事司法系統及其對黑人兒童、青少年和成年人的毀滅性影響的深刻警醒，而且是一個實用且鼓舞人心的路線圖，告訴我們我們如何從現在開始做得更好。
Former Baltimore prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland, and trial attorney Debbie Hines is an advocate for racial equity in the criminal justice system. She maintains a private law practice focused on civil and criminal litigation in Washington, DC. A leading voice in the discourse of criminal justice and race, Hines is often called on by media networks for legal commentary.
