{"product_id":"valley-1","title":"Valley: Crime \u0026 Punishment in a NZ City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere were two days to Christmas and Lewis felt like everything was spinning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eout of control. He wondered what he would say to the judge this time. His\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eclient, Rikihana, was already on multiple shoplifting charges. What’s a few\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003emore? Lewis thought. These supermarkets were still making a killing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s late 2020. Rikihana Wallace, a prolific shoplifter of no fixed abode, is\u003cbr\u003eback in prison with little chance of bail. Nathan Morley, unemployed, is\u003cbr\u003efacing burglary charges and hoping his other, as yet undetected, offences\u003cbr\u003edon’t catch up with him. Lewis Skerrett, their overstretched legal aid lawyer,\u003cbr\u003eis trying to do right by them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe culmination of over two years of field research and hundreds of\u003cbr\u003ehours of interviews, The Valley follows these three Hutt Valley men through\u003cbr\u003ecourtrooms, prison, hospital, rehab, boarding houses and welfare offices.\u003cbr\u003eTold largely in verbatim dialogue, this up-close and personal account brings\u003cbr\u003ethe realities of the New Zealand criminal justice system to life through the\u003cbr\u003evoices of those who experience it first-hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsher Emanuel is a writer and lawyer based in Wellington. He has worked\u003cbr\u003ein various legal and investigative roles, and his writing on justice and\u003cbr\u003epolicy issues has been published in mainstream and specialist publications.\u003cbr\u003eThe Valley is his first book. Asher now works as a legal aid lawyer focusing on\u003cbr\u003epublic law and human rights cases. He grew up in Auckland before moving\u003cbr\u003eto Wellington, where he studied law and English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Valley","offer_id":45944472404165,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/The-Valley_HR-v3.jpg?v=1773375941","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/valley-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}