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Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted
Laura Caldwell (Ed.)
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Description for Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted
Hardback. Recalling the great muckrakers of the past, an outraged team of best-selling writers unite to confront the disasters of wrongful convictions. Editor(s): Caldwell, Laura; Klinger, Leslie S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Long thought to be statistical anomalies in an otherwise sound justice system, wrongful convictions-we are just beginning to learn-happen with frightening regularity. But very few people understand just how they happen and, more importantly, the consequences. Now, Anatomy of Innocence tells the stories of more than a dozen innocent men and women who were convicted of serious crimes and cast into the maw of a vast and deeply flawed American criminal justice system before eventually being exonerated. Here, each exoneree is paired with a high-profile mystery and thriller writer to produce a unique collaboration. By joining such master ... Read more
Long thought to be statistical anomalies in an otherwise sound justice system, wrongful convictions-we are just beginning to learn-happen with frightening regularity. But very few people understand just how they happen and, more importantly, the consequences. Now, Anatomy of Innocence tells the stories of more than a dozen innocent men and women who were convicted of serious crimes and cast into the maw of a vast and deeply flawed American criminal justice system before eventually being exonerated. Here, each exoneree is paired with a high-profile mystery and thriller writer to produce a unique collaboration. By joining such master ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631490880
SKU
V9781631490880
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About Laura Caldwell (Ed.)
Laura Caldwell is the award-winning founder/director of Life After Innocence at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and the author of fourteen novels, including the Izzy McNeil series, as well as Long Way Home. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. Leslie S. Klinger is the editor of numerous books, including the best-selling The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, The New Annotated ... Read more
Reviews for Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted
... the decision to offer these stories of wrongful conviction as thrillers is also a way to translate abstract social reform arguments into stories with momentum and pulse... the siren call seductions of compelling narrative and gripping situations leave in their wake the deep, queasy aftertaste of morally useful unease; the sense that the status quo is deeply broken. ... Read more