Join us for an in-depth conversation with Emily Galvin-Almanza (SLS ’10) as she discusses her powerful new book, The Price of Mercy, which Michelle Alexander calls “searing, compassionate, and utterly necessary.”

In The Price of Mercy, Emily Galvin Almanza weaves hard data and unforgettable stories, dark humor and compelling evidence to tell us the truth about what’s really going on behind the closed doors of America’s criminal courts. She shows us how jails actually increase future crime, the dirty tricks police use to make millions in overtime pay, how a man could spend decades in prison because scientists mistook dog hair for his own, the perverse incentives that push prosecutors to seek convictions even when they themselves don’t want to, and how judges may decide cases differently after lunch.

Emily will be joined by Matthew Clair, Assistant Professor of Sociology, in a discussion moderated by Mike Romano, Director of the Three Strikes Project. Together, they’ll explore the human cost of the dysfunctional system and illuminate a path toward a more equitable future.