judicial error

A personal and provocative look at our criminal justice system and the crime of murder.

"In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, Travis Boyette abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donte Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row. Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donte is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what's right and confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they're about to execute an innocent man?"--back cover.

Presents the true story of Guy Paul Morin, a twenty-four-year-old who was arrested and convicted for a murder he did not commit.

Presents the true story of Steven Truscott, a fourteen-year-old boy who was arrested and convicted for a murder he did not commit.

Tells the stories of ten men who were convicted of crimes and sent to prison or death row, only to be proven innocent years later through DNA testing; and discusses the work of the Innocence Project, a task undertaken by two attorneys who are dedicated to freeing people who have been wrongly imprisoned.

Recounts the stories of one hundred men and two women wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in the United States.

Contains fourteen essays in which lawyers, criminologists, and social scientists discuss aspects of wrongful conviction, looking at the causes of wrongful convictions, and the social characteristics of the wrongly convicted, and featuring case studies and personal histories, as well as suggestions for solving the problem.

Presents the true story of David Milgaard, a seventeen-year-old boy who was arrested and convicted for a murder he did not commit.