Product Description

FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE: THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SURVIVAL GUIDE is the nation’s only book specifically written for African-Americans about how to survive the long arm of the law.

For ALL AFRICAN-AMERICANS, THIS NATIONAL BEST-SELLER is your WAKE-UP CALL to fight for and to save your life and the lives of the next generation of African-Americans! Your choices can save our children from a life of misery … or death. READ THIS BOOK!

FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE is The Book that Every African-American Household Should Have. This Comprehensive Guide will Show You How the Criminal Justice System Affects Men, Women and Children who are Born Black in America and will Teach You How to Make the Right Choices to Help You Survive on Your Journey through Life.

FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE Will Teach You How to: Choose the Best Attorney to Help You Win Your Personal Fight for Justice; Understand Your Rights and Know What to Do if You Are Arrested; Survive if You Get Caught up in the Criminal Justice System; Check Your Appearance and Conduct in Court to Get the Best Possible Outcome; Know Everything You Need to Know About Bail, Juries and Jail.

FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE Covers Topics, Such as: Cooperating with the Government aka Snitching; How Drugs & Alcohol can Lead to a Life of Crime; The Controversy Over Capital Punishment Police Misconduct (before, during and after your arrest); Domestic Violence – Advice for Victims. (INCLUDES A RESOURCE SECTION OF VERY IMPORTANT CONTACTS).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #852416 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
"Fighting for Your Life" tells you in simple language how to protect your rights. -- Melvin B. Miller, Attorney, Director of One Unity Bank, Author of

An essential reference...everything you need to know about the criminal justice system. -- Ann Burns, Editor, Library Journal

Fighting For Your Life uncomplicates how African Americans must deal with a bias criminal justice system -- George C. Fraser, Author; Success Runs In Our Race and Race For Success

Poignantly outlines methods of survival for those facing wrongful convictions and legal challenges. -- Jesse B. Brown, Top Best-Selling Financial Guru of

This book is necessary...because if we don't give our kids time, the system will. -- Terrie M. Williams, Founder and President of The Stay Strong Foundation

From the Publisher
"THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS WRITTEN IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS!"

- Tony Rose, Publisher, Amber Books

From the Author
As a Defense Attorney, I spend a lot of time counseling young African-American men and women about making better lives for themselves and avoiding lives of crime. Many that I have spoken to are doing very well in life; one of my former clients is now a law school graduate and practicing criminal defense attorney. However, some of the young people have engaged in progressively worse behavior and are now either serving long prison terms or dead. This has been very disheartening. I have also witnessed many young black men and women, who have been wrongfully accused and convicted of crimes because they did not understand the system and lacked the tools to survive it. It hurts me to see so many of our young African-American men going to jail instead of college. Many go to jail, having been wrongfully convicted of crimes that they did not commit. Others will go to jail because of a lack of economic opportunities; and others go to jail simply because they did not have someone to show them a better way. I hope this book will serve as a tool to wake up and fight to save the lives of the next generation of African-American young people, so that they will avoid the criminal justice system. I hope it will educate you and your loved ones about the system and help you make intelligent decisions about the way you conduct your lives.

- John V. Elmore, Esq., Author

Customer Reviews

Fighting For Your Life is the MUST READ BOOK OF THE YEAR!
Fighting For Your Life: The African America Criminal Survival Guide told by John V. Elmore, Esq. and Foreword by a friend of the literary community, Mr. Tony Rose is the most responsible book on the planet.There is something that rang a familiar air of discord as I glimpsed at the chained arms on the cover of Fighting For Your Life: The African America Criminal Survival Guide told by John V. Elmore, Esq. and Foreword by a friend of the literary community, Mr. Tony Rose.

I knew immediately that if I was not interested in fighting for my life, I would not open the book, and no matter how mysterious the picture on the cover with two fingerprints that look the same, but if you look carefully, do not match at all. My very own hands longed to free the cuffs of another black man whose time did not fit the crime, and by no means do I condone crime. I am speaking for my brother, father, sister, mother, grandparents and friends who lost love ones who wound up behind bars thanks to the unfair practices of the judicial system while their white counterparts got slaps on the wrists, but this is another story.

The truth is, as I read each page of one of the most "Think Before You Act" books ever written to help Black Americans stay safe in situations, or even avoid crime, the focus became clear that this book matches its title, and is indeed the first African American Justice Survival Guide ever to approach the answers to the questions Black African Americans have asked about avoiding the fatal flaws of the criminal justice system. It leaves out subjective opinions or views that could cause even the most innocent man to wind up dead. It happens everyday, and rather than for folks to remain ignorant of the fact that like criminals the criminal justice system does not discriminate between which blacks should suffer the injustices in situations, Fighting For Your Life: The African America Criminal Survival Guide is a wake up call for everyone.

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, what you are wearing, how much money you have, or how well you are adored by the community you live in. YOU too can be a victim of the criminal justice system, and not to take away anything from the hard working police officers who protect the community and sincerely care about the communities they protect and serve. We are talking about a universal code of conduct that once this book becomes a part of university law study curriculums, criminal justice undergraduate classes, required by youth in detention centers and those subject to light time in prison, and. or as a gift to perhaps your young son or child, the world will begin to play it safe when it comes to doing the job of being a civilian or an officer of the law.

Fear breeds in those who serve the justice system due to unpredictable deaths and murders of peers in the force that cause underlying tension, and retaliation. Racism still runs amuck. Ignorance still breeds within our own communities when we respond to situations with pride. I say, read Fighting For Your Life: The African America Criminal Survival Guide to WAKE UP and understand that nothing is more important than saving your life, and even if it means you have to fight for it. You will discover Defense Attorney, John V. Elmore's complete tour of the criminal justice system from the point where those who stand accused or violated can acquire a public defender or attorney for hire, the client's rights and crime report to what to do if you are a victim of brutality, wrongly accused, or required to attend preliminary hearings.

Readers will also, be given pointers on attire in court, making bail, and if not...the grand jury process and some top lawyers who can be contacted and will help the accused fight for one's rights. It doesn't get any better than this.

On a lighter note, I have to discard all reviews of books about the criminal justice system after reading this book which really presents the facts. I encourage all urban writers to read this book before attempting to write a single line about crime and outcomes in novels. If you need facts, this is a great tool for the urban writer as well.

As a reviewer, Fighting For Your Life: The African -American Criminal Justice Survival Guide is certainly on the top of my list for fact checking and research. IT is a thorough and accurate guide that is intelligent, sensible, and can be the cure-all of calling a truce between the criminal justice system and those accused. Yes, if you are guilty, there are penalties, but this book wants you to only do the time if it if fits the crime, and keep you living, because even the criminal has a family.

This is about humanity and cutting down the abuse and brutality of youth who are the product of the environments in which they live. The story is not finished, and we still owe another book to the survivors. I would have liked to read more about Hurricane Carter, Alfred Houston, Angela Davis, and even Mr. Tony Rose. This book will definitely welcome the trend of survivor stories. Def Jam's Bruce George is dedicating an anthology to The Bandana Republic, and Neshee Publication is acquiring stories for Fight To The Finish Line. All of these books are in demand

by our youth, young adults, local gang members, those serving time, those of the criminal justice who want to better understand their role as officers of the community, parents and people who care about the state of America on crime, and of course...address what we all need to know to survive. A new genre is born. All praise goes our to John Elmore, Esq., a criminal defense attorney, former state trooper, father of four boys, teacher and attorney general.

Elmore removes the "mind-cuffs" on both the black and blue
Elmore announced his book to 100,000 people in the New York audience on WBEN's "Beach and Company", and I expected great things as a result. So did our audience; and Elmore delivered.

Elmore's book is so very thought-provoking that it could have well been titled, "Thinking for Your Life:...

Elmore's ability to relate his acquired experiences to all audiences and readers, not only as a premiere defense attorney, but also as a former prosecutor and state police officer, clearly comes through. Without unduly demeaning law enforcement officers, he focuses on what the individual should do to avoid arrest; and once arrested, Elmore instructs the person on how to behave to minimize adversity in the very stressful situation, including behavior before a judge in what may ordinarily be common-sense approaches.

An example of its relativity is when he asks the question, "Would you pick a fight with a bully standing on the corner who has a gun, chemical mace and a radio to call [the other members of his gang]? Then why would you fight a policeman?"

This book should become 'text book' for all young men as early as middle school, and definitely not later than entry into high school. It will be required reading by me for my two sons. If you are a parent, it ought to be for yours too. If you are a teacher, after reading Elmore's book, you ought to have a student or two on your Christmas list. If you are principal, the library shelves should be packed with them.

Ken Hamilton
Beach and Company
WBEN 930AM
Buffalo NY

A Must Read Book
As a African-American prosecutor, I am often frustrated by the number of young African-American defendants who come into the courtroom completely unprepared and unaware of how the criminal justice system operates. John Elmore's book is a must read for anyone facing criminal charges.