You might go to prison, even though you're innocent

Surviving prison as an innocent person is a surreal nightmare no one wants to think about. But it can happen to you. Justin Brooks has spent his career freeing innocent people from prison. With You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent, he offers up-close accounts of the cases he has...

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Main Author: Brooks, Justin 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, CA University of California Press [2023]
In:Year: 2023
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Keywords:
False imprisonment > Law and legislation > United States
Judicial error > United States
Justice, Administration of > United States > Criminal provisions
TRUE CRIME / General
American system
California Innocence Project
bad lawyers
class
criminal law
flawed science
freedom
incorrect
injustice
prison reform
problems with our justice system
race
sentencing
social inequality
wrongful convictions
you got the wrong person
Strafjustiz > Prozess > Unschuld > Fehlurteil > Freiheitsstrafe
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Summary:Surviving prison as an innocent person is a surreal nightmare no one wants to think about. But it can happen to you. Justin Brooks has spent his career freeing innocent people from prison. With You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent, he offers up-close accounts of the cases he has fought, embedding them within a larger landscape of innocence claims and robust research on what we know about the causes of wrongful convictions. Putting readers at the defense table, this book forces us to consider how any of us might be swept up in the system, whether we hired a bad lawyer, bear a slight resemblance to someone else in the world, or are not good with awkward silence. The stories of Brooks's cases and clients paint the picture of a broken justice system, one where innocence is no protection from incarceration or even the death penalty. Simultaneously relatable and disturbing, You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent is essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand how injustice is served by our system
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 222 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780520386846
DOI:10.1525/9780520386846
Access:Restricted Access