Paul Butler, Let’s Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice (2009).

Mary Fan

Paul Butler’s new book Let’s Get Free is essential reading for those who care about American criminal justice, prosecutorial power, and doing justice from inside the system.  It is also a beautiful rarity for a book of big scholarly ideas: page-turning reading.  The writing hums with the rhythm, flow, and narrative of hip hop at its best—one of the inspirations for an intriguing chapter and the book’s subtitle: […]