When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice
(Part of the The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Series on Race and Justice Series)
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Since 1989, there have been over 200 post-conviction DNA exonerations in the United States. On the surface, the release of innocent people from prison could be seen as a victory for the criminal justice system: the wrong person went to jail, but the mistake was fixed and the accused set free. A closer look at miscarriages of justice, however, reveals that such errors are not aberrations but deeply revealing, common features of our legal system...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0814740529
ISBN13:9780814740521
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:New York University Press
Length:359 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.5" x 9.0"
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