Shielded by Joanna Schwartz

Author:Joanna Schwartz [Schwartz, Joanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2023-02-14T00:00:00+00:00

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Some critics of civil rights litigation argue that plaintiffs and their lawyers are just in it for a payday. In fact, many people want their lawsuits to help prevent something similar from happening in the future. But the Supreme Court’s decisions have forced people to seek money instead of forward-looking relief. People who are seeking to change police practices can try—as James Campbell and his lawyers did—to negotiate policy changes as part of the settlement of their damages case. Otherwise, their hopes must be placed in the prospect that a damages award will translate into systemic changes. But, as you will soon learn, the ways in which damages awards are budgeted for and paid out often mute their power.

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