PRESUMED GUILTY: When Innocent People Are Wrongly Convicted

by Yant, Martin

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Buffalo: Prometheus Books. 1991. Publisher's cloth in nicked dust jacket Very good. "231pp., index. Illsutarted with b/w photos. Most Americans seem to agree that the criminal-justice system of the United States fairly begs for reform. Yet as the debate rages over capital punishment, overcrowding in our prisons, and early parole, a crucial issue is usually overlooked: wrongful convictions. It is not surprising that lawmakers want to keep this problem from the public eye, but the disconcerting truth is that thousands of innocent Americans are sent to prison every year - and some are even sent to their death. While no criminal-justice system can be infallible, PRESUMED GUILTY shows that mistaken convictions are usually the product of ""prejudice, outrageous carelessness, investigations that conform facts to theories rather than vice-versa, the use of long- discredited investigation techniques, and the desire of police and prosecutors to 'win' at any price.."""