NYU Press Innocent: Inside Wrongful Conviction Cases

A look at the prisioners who are unfairly imprisioned, written by a journalist. Review A chilling chronicle of what can happen when the criminal justice system goes awry-- "Publishers Weekly" Christianson succeeds in raising reasonable doubts and questions about the integrity of our criminal justice system. Written with perceptiveness and sympathy for the plight of the wrongly convicted, [Innocent] is an excellent addition to the literature on miscarriages of justice.-- "Justicia" Innocent is an excellent recommendation to make the next time someone questions the need for further criminal justice reform.-- "New York Law Journal" This should be required reading for everyone who gives a damn about justice in this country.--Mickey Sherman, CBS News legal analyst About the Author Scott Christianson is the author of Notorious Prison: Inside the World's Most Feared Institutions and Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House (NYU Press, 1999). A longtime investigative reporter, his articles have appeared in The New York Times, the The Washington Post, The Nation, the Criminal Law Bulletin and many other publications. Since the author began this project, six of the convictions discussed in Innocent have been overturned.