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In Spite of Innocence
Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases
by Michael L. Radelet ; Constance E. Putnam ; Hugo Adam Bedau
ISBN: 1555531423
ISBN-13: 9781555531423
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Univ Pr of New England
Published date: 1992
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.65 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Few errors made by a government can compare with the horror of executing an innocent person. But the ordeal of victims of judicial error is not measured only by whether they are executed. This sobering book tells the personal stories of over 400 innocent Americans convicted of capital crimes. Some were actually executed; most suffered years of incarceration, many on death row. The volume confronts the reader with how easily safeguards against mistaken convictions can fail. In showing that ordinary citizens, in spite of their innocence, can become trapped in the machinery of justice - even sentenced to die - the authors deliver a strong indictment against capital punishment. Michael L. Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam recount in alarming detail the mistaken identities, perjured witnesses, overzealous prosecutions, and negligent police work that led to more than 400 people being erroneously convicted of capital or potentially capital crimes in this country between 1900 and 1991. The authors describe the arduous routes these defendants traveled to prove their innocence; they demonstrate how frequently luck played a crucial role in freeing an innocent defendant; and they show how, all too often, public officials remained indifferent to evidence that an innocent person had been sentenced to death. "Most Americans do not seriously distrust our criminal justice system or the efficiency and dedication of law enforcement officers", the authors acknowledge in their introduction. "At the same time we know that public servants are not infallible, and that honest errors and occasionally outright corruption do occur. How frequently in the past has the criminal justice system failedin a capital case to convict only the guilty? What explains these failures? How likely are they to happen in the future? How, if at all, can they be remedied or prevented?" Radelet, Bedau, and Putnam argue that there is no remedy, no way to eliminate the risk of failures, even in what is admittedly the world's best criminal justice system, except to abolish the death penalty.
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In Spite Of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases
Michael L. Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, Constance E. Putnam
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Michael L. Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, Constance E. Putnam
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Radelet, Michael L.; Putnam, Constance E.; Bedau, Hugo Adam
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1992 Collectible Good in Good jacket Ex Library. Hard Cover. Good/Good. ( more information) Offered by Midwest Book Company (United States)
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Radelet, Michael L.; Putnam, Constance E.; Bedau,
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Radelet, Michael L., Bedau, Hugo Adam and Putnam, Constance E
Boston, MA: Northeastern University Pres, 1992. The Odeal of 400 Americans Wrongly Convicted of Crimes Punishable by Death. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by The Book Faire (United States)
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Radelet, Michael L.; Bedau, Hugo Adam; Putnam, Constance E
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IN SPITE OF INNOCENCE Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases
Radelet, Michael L. ; Bedan, Hugo Adam; and Putnam, Constance E
Boston: Northeastern University Press. F/VG 1992. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Small closed tear at the top edge of the dust jacket. ; Black cover w/gold lettering. Signed and inscribed by Michael L. Radelet on the title page. ; 8vo; 399 pages; Signed by One Author . ( more information) Offered by RS GEER, Inc. (United States)
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