harry cohen from bookstore, yale bookstore. thanks for coming out tonight. [applause] >> booktv continues now on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> been a remarkable year for books that have been tackling the uses and especially abuses of this country's criminal justice system. we in politics & prose have been honored to host authors and poets behind many of them from martha, to reginald betts. the first event we hosted this year at this location at the wharf was for alexandria, investigation of the misdemeanor system. punishment without crime. this is

harry cohen from bookstore, yale bookstore. thanks for coming out tonight. [applause] >> booktv continues now on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> been a remarkable year for books that have been tackling the uses and especially abuses of this country's criminal justice system. we in politics & prose have been honored to host authors and poets behind many of them from martha, to reginald betts. the first event we hosted this year at this location at the wharf was for alexandria, investigation of the misdemeanor system. punishment without crime. this is pleasure we're closing this events's season at wharf, look the way the legal world unfairly treats country's disenfranchised he targets his own profession at public defender. the book titled, usual cruelty. comes from alec karakatanis, an organization designed to advocate for racial justice and bring systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. especially known for combating unconstitutionality of money bail. karakatanis was named 2016 trial lawyer of the year by public justice. was a