This authorized biography of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who was imprisoned in the mid-'60s for murdering three men in a bar, chronicles his life as an aspiring boxer and his long and difficult years in prison, as well as the efforts by others to bring his case before the public and back to the courts. Carter's conviction was eventually overturned ...
In the last decade, DNA testing has uncovered stone-cold proof that 55 completely innocent people have been sent to prison and death row. In "Actual Innocence, " the authors relate the harrowing stories of ten of these individuals and tell of the heroic efforts to free them.
"Innocent" graphically documents 42 recent criminal cases to find evidence of shocking miscarriages of justice, especially in murder cases. Based upon interviews with more than 200 people and reviews of hundreds internal case files, court records, smokinggun memoranda, and other documents, Scott Christianson gets inside the legal cases, revealing ...
In this thought-provoking work, Cohen gathers the chilling tales of 102 men wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, including the true stories featured in the acclaimed stage play "The Exonerated."
A collection of true stories of legal, judicial and criminal incompetence which gives an insight into the tragedy of miscarriage of justice and the problem of those who abuse their power. It gives examples of the bizarre incompetence of some criminals and also ill-advised prosecutions where cases are thrown out of court or bring in damages worth a ...
Honest but mistaken eyewitnesses are the leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States. As the innocent go to prison their lives are shattered; as the criminal goes free, the public remains vulnerable. With a vivid cast of brilliant scientists, street-wise cops, and former prosecutors--all haunted by the legacy of wrongful convictions ...
Addressing the specific issues surrounding wrongful convictions and their implications for society, Convicted but Innocent includes: survey data concerning the possible magnitude of the problem and its causes; fascinating actual case samples; detailed analyses of the major factors associated with wrongful conviction; discussion of public policy ...
If an innocent person is sent to prison or if a killer walks free, we are outraged. The legal system assures us, and we expect and demand, that it will seek to "do justice" in criminal cases. So why, for some cases, does the criminal law deliberately and routinely sacrifice justice? In this unflinching look at American criminal law, Paul Robinson ...
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