wrapping up our look at some of the best selling nonfiction books according to powell books is jenny o'dell arguments that we need to resist prioritizing productivity and technology in her book, how to do nothing. some of these authors appeared onbook about tv and you can watch them online at booktving.org. author public defender recently discussed his new book usual cruelty about about challenges that majorrallize people face in today criminal justice system here he shares his thought on the purpose of the criminal justice system in america. >> as never ever heard phrase that criminal justice system is broken? yep. it is coif a popular thing to say now. one thing i've realized as we've gone around country doing this work is your theory for what's wrong with criminal punishment system inform strategy and tactics to use to fix it. if you think that the criminal justice system is trying to create a society where all a human beings can flourish and everyone is equal, then yes it is quite broken. but if you think that its purpose is something different to control and cage and surveil, and prese