Offers the compelling story of the legal practice he founded to protect the rights of people on the margins of American society. Stevenson began law school at Harvard knowing only that the life path he would follow would have "something to do with [improving] the lives of the po…
Makes a powerful argument for adopting a model of restorative justice as part of the Innocence Movement so exonerees, crime victims, and their communities can come together to heal. In Rectify, a former Innocence Project director and journalist Lara Bazelon puts a face to the gr…
"The author puts a face to the growing number of men and women exonerated from crimes that kept them behind bars for years, sometimes decades, and that devastate not only the exonerees but also their families, the crime victims who mistakenly identified them as perpetrators, the…
Convicted of armed robbery, Martin was facing the death penalty. Terrified that his son would be sentenced to die, Phillip made a sacrifice to spare his son the ultimate punishment. Ironically, his suicide presented Martin with another chance at life; the jury, moved by Martin's…
Introduction to Book. Part One: The Shadow of Death. 1. Why do Offenders' Families Matter? 2. Understanding Restorative Justice 3. Meet the Families Part Two: Storytelling. 4. Death Penalty Trials 5. ""You Didn't Punish Him, You Punished Me"" 6. Children of the Condemned 7. Psyc…
Convicted of armed robbery, Martin was facing the death penalty. Terrified that his son would be sentenced to die, Phillip made a sacrifice to spare his son the ultimate punishment. Ironically, his suicide presented Martin with another chance at life; the jury, moved by Martin's…
