. >> host: booktv at american university talking with law professor angela j. davis, here's the book "arbitrary justice: the power of the american prosecutor," oxford university press is the publisher. professor davis, what do your colleagues on the prosecute side say about "arbitrary justice"? >> guest: when i wrote the book, i expected a big backlash from prosecutors, and, interestingly enough, i have not gotten that much of a backlash. what's interesting is a lot of friends who are former prosecutors are saying, yes, you know, you're right, that the this stuff happened. the current prosecutors, those i know who are saying that many of them are saying, yes, but the things we write about don't happen often, just a few bad apples, painting too broad a brush. i got that criticism. other prosecutors who admit the system encourages this behavior thing that what we need to do is we need to have more training for prosecutors, that there's a lot of offices when a young prosecutor comes in, they are zeal louse, jump in there, and they are not trained properly which is why t

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