Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong
DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. In this unsettling analysis, Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 people exonerated by DNA testing, and proposes...
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DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. In this unsettling analysis, Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 people exonerated by DNA testing, and proposes systemic reforms.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780674058705 (0674058704)
Publish date: April 4th 2011
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages no: 367
Edition language: English
This book has a great premise, and a lot of good information, but the writing style irritated me. I think it would have benefited from another round of heavy editing to get rid of the multiple instances of annoying phrases like "I'll explain in Chapter X" or "As demonstrated in more depth in Chapte...
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