{"product_id":"book-c9pl","title":"Open Season","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe president of the National Bar Association and one of the most distinguished civil rights attorneys working today reflects on the landmark cases he has battled—including representing Trayvon Martin’s family—and offers a disturbing look at how the justice system is used to promote injustice in this memoir and clarion call as shocking and important as the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eJust Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSlavery by Another Name\u003c\/em\u003e and Ava DuVernay’s film \u003cem\u003e13th.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Crump firmly believes in the Constitution and its legal protections—that civil rights legislation covers all Americans, not just those privileged by race, wealth, or pedigree. A fierce and passionate advocate, he has devoted his career to fighting for justice for America’s marginalized. \u003cem\u003eOpen Season\u003c\/em\u003e is his inspiring journey working on some of the most egregious cases that have shocked the nation, including those of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaped by his first-hand experience handling civil litigation matters in state and federal courts throughout the country, \u003cem\u003eOpen Season\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the often hidden and systemic injustices minorities face, and illuminates how discrimination in the courthouse devastates real families and communities. Chronicling some of his most memorable legal battles, this brilliant litigator shockingly makes clear how our system is devised for certain people to lose and others to win, and, using evidence and facts, exposes how it is legal to harm—with the intent to destroy—people of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrump offers a cogent analysis of legal tenets, including the 13th Amendment, the 1951 Genocide Petition to the United Nations, and controversial Stand Your Ground laws. He compares how race detrimentally influences sentencing, and reveals how police unions protect officers who shoot unarmed civilians. He also makes clear how budget cuts for education, the proliferation of guns, and high unemployment rates all directly contribute to higher crime rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica must live up to its promise to protect the rights of its citizens equally, Crump maintains. Thoughtful, well-reasoned, and powerfully persuasive, \u003cem\u003eOpen Season\u003c\/em\u003e details one man's life mission preserving the hard-won justice for all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49344510230832,"sku":"BDc9pl","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49344510296368,"sku":"ZEc9pl","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49344510329136,"sku":"ZMc9pl","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c9pl-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778320458","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c9pl","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}