Harvey Silverglate
Cognoscenti contributor
Harvey Silverglate, a criminal defense and civil liberties lawyer, is of-counsel to the law firm of Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP. His most recent book is "Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent."
Recently published
FBI Overreach? Alexander Ciccolo And The Line Between Imagined And Actual Threat
In the age of the War on Terror, law enforcement -- and the rest of us -- risk confusing the mentally ill for the genuinely evil.
Remembering The Rights Of The Accused
Massachusetts should pass the “right to counsel” bill to reflect the reality of shadow criminal justice systems on our campuses.
Tsarnaev Trial: The Feds Aren't Out For Justice, They’re Out For Blood
It’s tempting to believe that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves to have the entire weight of the country’s prosecutorial might bearing down on him. But does it help our community heal?