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Emily Galvin Almanza is the co-founder and executive director of Partners for Justice, a nonprofit creating a new collaborative model of public defense designed to empower defenders nationwide. Prior to founding PFJ, Emily fought for clients inside the L.A. County Public Defender's Office, the Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office, and the Bronx Defenders, and with the Stanford Three Strikes Project. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Teen Vogue, and Time, among other publications.
“The Price of Mercy is an astonishing and moving achievement. Flying way below the dark clouds of political rhetoric about crime-and-punishment and law-and-order in America, Emily Galvin Almanza brings us instead into the police precinct interrogation room, the holding cell in the courthouse, the jury voir dire selection process, the judge’s chambers and the packed courtroom with dozens of cases, the sequestered jury deliberation room, the filthy and forlorn prison cell and the sorrows of family visitation day. Unflinching, refreshingly pragmatic and bracingly humane, Emily Galvin Almanza commits us to a street-level systemic understanding of what’s actually working and what’s failing in American criminal justice. Her account of our penal condition, infused with personal stories, surprising statistics and tangible reform ideas, can be a serious game-changer for America—if we’re listening. This book, required reading for defense lawyers and prosecutors, is an awesome labor of love for our country and all of the people who live here.”—Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Unthinkable
