RT Book
T1 You might go to prison, even though you're innocent
T2 De Gruyter eBook-Paket Rechtswissenschaften
A1 Brooks, Justin 1965-
LA English
PP Oakland, CA
PB University of California Press
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1845173554
AB 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
CN KF9756
SN 9780520386846
K1 False imprisonment : Law and legislation : United States
K1 Judicial error : United States
K1 Justice, Administration of : United States : Criminal provisions
K1 TRUE CRIME / General
K1 American system
K1 California Innocence Project
K1 bad lawyers
K1 class
K1 criminal law
K1 flawed science
K1 freedom
K1 incorrect
K1 injustice
K1 prison reform
K1 problems with our justice system
K1 race
K1 sentencing
K1 social inequality
K1 wrongful convictions
K1 you got the wrong person
K1 Strafjustiz : Prozess : Unschuld : Fehlurteil : Freiheitsstrafe
DO 10.1525/9780520386846