Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

(Encounter Books) In Three Felonies a Day , Silverglate argues that because federal criminal law in America is so comprehensive and so vague, regular citizens are constantly violating it (on average, committing three unwitting crimes a day) and prosecutors have the power to indict anyone at all.  Interpreting famous criminal cases, including those of Kenneth Lay (Enron) and Martha Stewart, he argues that in recent years federal prosecutors have begun to read beyond the language of the law and to expand significantly their interpretations of federal criminal statutes. Silverglate specializes in criminal defense, civil liberties, and academic freedom/student rights law. He is also the author (with Alan Charles Kors) of The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America’s Campuses .