The Wrongful Convictions Reader

by Russell D. Covey, Valena E. Beety

Fueled by more than 2,000 exonerations of wrongfully convicted men and women, the "innocence revolution" has shaken the criminal justice system to its core. By gathering the leading research, law, and policy analysis into one volume, The Wrongful Convictions Reader explores the core contributing factors to wrongful false confessions, witness misidentifications, cognitive bias, junk science, police and prosecutorial misconduct, racial bias, and ineffective assistance of counsel. Each chapter is divided into three Examples from the Legal Materials, Exercises, and Media sections This combination of materials makes the book more than a mere "reader" and makes it ideal for doctrinal as well as experiential courses. A set of 392 PowerPoint slides, as well as other teaching materials, is available upon adoption of this book. to view a sample PowerPoint presentation. If you are a professor using this book for a class, please contact Rachael Meier at remeier@cap-press.com to request your materials.

666 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2018

Reviews

[Geoff Davidian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recommend this book as background to reporters trying to put individual cases of wrongful conviction into perspective. The instances of corrupt prosecutors, police and judges failing to act to bring speedy resolution to cases is more commonplace than one might expect.