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). 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 "THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS WRITTEN IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS!" - Tony Rose, Publisher, Amber Books 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 John Elmore is a practicing criminal defense attorney with offices in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York. He was co-counsel with Attorney James Harrington in Western New York’s first Death penalty case in forty years. Their efforts resulted in a life sentence for Jonathan Parker, who was convicted in the shooting of Buffalo Police Officer Charles McDougald. Mr. Elmore is a former New York State Trooper, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and New York State Assistant Attorney General. He has taught Criminal Justice Administration at Buffalo State College and Medaille College. Mr. Elmore has also lectured at various Continuing Legal Education seminars sponsored by the New York State Capital Defender’s Office, the Erie County Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. The Williamsville resident is a native of Olean, New York. He is a member of the Olean High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He was the Captain of the track team at Mansfield University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice Administration. A 1984 graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, Attorney John Elmore is past president of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York, serves on the Erie County Bar Association Judiciary Ra