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ABA Announces Silver Gavel Award Winners for 2013 Posted: 15 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT From an ABA news release: (The information below is excerpted from the release) The American Bar Association announced today its selections for the 2013 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts, which recognize outstanding work that fosters the American public's understanding of law and the legal system. This is the ABA's highest honor in recognition of this purpose, and no more than one Silver Gavel is presented in each category. ...  SILVER GAVEL AWARDS BOOKS Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History John Fabian Witt, Author Simon & Schuster/Free Press http://books.simonandschuster.com/Lincoln's-Code/John-Fabian-Witt/9781416569831 DOCUMENTARIES The Central Park Five Florentine Films Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon, Directors/Writers/Producers Michael Levine, Editor Stephanie Jackson, Production Coordinator http://www.florentinefilms.com/ffpages/BOS-frameset.html NEWSPAPERS Lax Controls Leave Ex-Cons Free to Kill Detroit Free Press L.L. Brasier and Gina Damron, Co-Authors and Staff Writers Amalie Nash, Assistant Managing Editor Andre J.