Actual Innocence: When Justice Goes Wrong and How to Make it Right
Here are the stories of innocent men and women—and the system that put them away under the guise of justice. Now updated with new information, Actual Innocence sheds light on “a system that tolerates lying prosecutors, slumbering defense attorneys and sloppy investigators” (Salt Lake...
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Here are the stories of innocent men and women—and the system that put them away under the guise of justice. Now updated with new information, Actual Innocence sheds light on “a system that tolerates lying prosecutors, slumbering defense attorneys and sloppy investigators” (Salt Lake Tribune)—revealing the shocking flaws that can derail the legal process and the ways that DNA testing has often shattered so-called solid evidence that condemned American citizens to death.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451209825 (0451209826)
Publish date: December 2nd 2003
Publisher: NAL Trade
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
"Our procedure has been always haunted by the ghost of the innocent man convicted." – U.S. v. Garsson, D.C., 291 F. 646, 649 (1923) (Judge Learned Hand) While you may find "Actual Innocence" in the "true crime" section of your bookstore, this is not your typical fare of a more or less well-written...
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