{"product_id":"convicting-the-innocent-where-criminal-prosecutions-go-wrong","title":"Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eConvicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBrandon L Garrett\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780674066113\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarvard University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e376\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn January 20, 1984, Earl Washington--defended for all of forty minutes by a lawyer who had never tried a death penalty case--was found guilty of rape and murder in the state of Virginia and sentenced to death. After nine years on death row, DNA testing cast doubt on his conviction and saved his life. However, he spent another eight years in prison before more sophisticated DNA technology proved his innocence and convicted the guilty man. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDNA 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 in-depth analysis, Brandon Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 wrongfully convicted people to be exonerated by DNA testing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on trial transcripts, Garrett's investigation into the causes of wrongful convictions reveals larger patterns of incompetence, abuse, and error. Evidence corrupted by suggestive eyewitness procedures, coercive interrogations, unsound and unreliable forensics, shoddy investigative practices, cognitive bias, and poor lawyering illustrates the weaknesses built into our current criminal justice system. Garrett proposes practical reforms that rely more on documented, recorded, and audited evidence, and less on fallible human memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVery few crimes committed in the United States involve biological evidence that can be tested using DNA. How many unjust convictions are there that we will never discover? \u003ci\u003eConvicting the Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e makes a powerful case for systemic reforms to improve the accuracy of all criminal cases.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong | Brandon L Garrett | Paperback | 9780674066113 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks E 1784050","offer_id":67622976323736,"sku":"1784050","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51g_q0YUhrL.jpg?v=1790957422","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/convicting-the-innocent-where-criminal-prosecutions-go-wrong","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}