This book examines a number of well-known cases of wrongful conviction in Canada, showing that these convictions are not always due to “unintended errors”, but can also be the result of systemic biases within the criminal justice system which weigh the scales strongly against mi…
"Manufacturing Guilt, 2nd edition, updates the cases presented in the first edition and includes two new chapters: one concerning the case of James Driskell and another regarding Dr. Charles Smith, whose role in forensic pathology evidence led to several wrongful convictions. In…
"In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed his doomed client was innocent. William Marvin Lindley had been convicted of the rape and murder of a young gir…
"Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned…
"Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned…
Like the blues -- sweet, sad, and full of truth -- this masterful work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love -- the affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of the black family. Fonny, a talented young artis…
"When prisoners check into Washington, D.C.'s maximum security 'sugar cube, ' it's for keeps. Here, and in sugar cubes across the country, lie suspended not just the world's most dangerous criminals but also scores of so-called 'center inmates'--secret, troublesome activists who…
What do you believe in? James Yee believed in God and America and one of those got him thrown in jail.
What do you believe in? James Yee believed in God and America and one of those got him thrown in jail.
Trial and triumph of Kashmiri journalist in New Delhi, India, who was falsely implicated by Indian police as a spy of ISI, intelligence agency of Pakistan.
Trial and triumph of Kashmiri journalist in New Delhi, India, who was falsely implicated by Indian police as a spy of ISI, intelligence agency of Pakistan.
This volume brings together leading experts on the investigation, litigation and scholarly analysis of innocence cases in America, from legal, political and ethical perspectives. The contributors consider the challenges faced by the exoneration movement, causes of wrongful convi…
This volume brings together leading experts on the investigation, litigation and scholarly analysis of innocence cases in America, from legal, political and ethical perspectives. The contributors consider the challenges faced by the exoneration movement, causes of wrongful convi…
