Actual Innocence: When Justice Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right - Brossura

Dwyer, Jim; Neufeld, Peter; Scheck, Barry

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ISBN 10: 0451209826 ISBN 13: 9780451209825

Casa editrice: Berkley Pub Group, 2003

Riassunto

A collection of nightmarish true tales of people falsely accused detail the slovenly police work, corruption, errant witnesses, and other flaws in the criminal justice system that landed these people in prison or on death row. Reprint.

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Recensione:

A troubling portrayal of the criminal justice system from within its well-guarded walls.” —New York Times“Required reading for anyone who believes that only the guilty are put to death...A catalog of appalling miscarriages of justice.” —Washington Post"[A] chilling look at judicial corruption and incompetence.” —New York Daily News“Should be required reading for...our justice system.”—Philadelphia Inquirer

L'autore:

Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, once lawyers with the Bronx Legal Aid Society, co-founded The Innocence Project, which seeks post-conviction release through DNA testing. They are among the most prominent civil rights attorneys in the U.S.

Jim Dwyer is the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Daily News and author of several other books.

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• Editore: Berkley Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0451209826
• ISBN 13: 9780451209825
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464