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Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System by Jed S. Rakoff

Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System audiobook runs 5.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Joe Barrett (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.1listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 5.1 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 5.1 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Social Science shelf

633 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System is an audiobook by Jed S. Rakoff: a 5.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Barrett, released April 13, 2021, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.1 hrs
Narrated by
Joe Barrett
Released
April 13, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
ISBN
9781696604178

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System audiobook?

Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System runs 5.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.

Is the Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System audiobook free?

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Who narrates Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System?

Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System is narrated by Joe Barrett.