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Presumed guilty, when innocent people are wrongly convicted, Martin Yant

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Presumed guilty, when innocent people are wrongly convicted, Martin Yant

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Presumed guilty

Nature of contents

bibliographylegal cases and notes

Oclc number

22906468

Responsibility statement

Martin Yant

Sub title

when innocent people are wrongly convicted

Summary

Presumed Guilty is about thousands of innocent Americans who each year are convicted of serious crimes they did not commit. Many are convicted of crimes that did not even occur. Journalist Martin Yant vividly and dramatically explains the process by which American justice is miscarried, providing carefully researched details about more than 100 wrongful convictions. Yant's writing reveals both passion and frustration as he explains how most mistaken convictions could easily be avoided. Yant goes on to propose achievable solutions that would not only prevent years of imprisonment for the wrongfully convicted but also save the lives of innocent individuals who face the increasingly used death penalty. --from book description, Amazon.com

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