Murray, Elizabeth A. Overturning Wrongful Convictions:
Science Serving Justice, 107 pages. Twenty-First Century Books (Lerner),
2015. $25. Violence: PG-13 (First scene in the book describes a
brutal beating and rape, other similar attacks mentioned). Content: PG-13.
About 2-5% of the people behind bars in the United States
have been wrongfully sentenced. The Innocence Project and other agencies
work tirelessly to help overturn some of these convictions, but there is not
enough time, money, or people to help everyone. Murray carefully lays out
many reasons why wrongful convictions happen, from initial evidence gathering
on through eyewitness testimony and evidence tampering, and steps that
volunteers take to correct the record, including advances in DNA testing.
This is a fascinating look at those times, the many times, that
things go wrong in the criminal justice system. If you have a healthy
non-fiction section, you need this.
MS, HS - ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library teacher
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