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Surviving justice

America's wrongfully convicted and exonerated

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My life is a broken puzzle / Christopher Ochoa --
My mama didn't raise no killers / Juan Melendez --
I stepped into a dream / Gary Gauger --
I am the expert / James Newsome --
Thank God for DNA / Calvin Willis --
If a five-year-old did it, you did it / John Stoll --
Now I question everything / Beverly Monroe --
Sheep among wolves / Michael Evans and Paul Terry --
Flowers in your hair / David Pope --
I'm a dead man walking / Joseph Amrine --
Family man / Peter Rose --
Bad things happen to good people / Kevin Green --
Exoneree roundtable. People don't know how lucky they are to have their liberty --

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McSweeney's
Language
English
Pages
497

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Cover of: Surviving justice
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Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated
2017, Verso Books
in English
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Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated
2016, Verso Books
in English
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Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated
2015, McSweeney's Publishing
in English
Cover of: Surviving justice
Surviving justice: America's wrongfully convicted and exonerated
2008, McSweeney's
in English - 3rd ed.
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Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated
November 25, 2005, McSweeney's
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Surviving justice: America's wrongfully convicted and exonerated
2005, McSweeney's
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Table of Contents

1. Christopher Ochoa: My life is a broken puzzle : Called into question ; Hard to relate ; The politics of apology.
2. Juan Roberto Melendez: My mama didn't raise no killers : Prosecutorial misconduct ; At the breaking point ; Prisoners first, humans second ; Pushed to the brink.
3. Gary Gauger: I stepped into a dream: A useful fiction ; The psychological toll of wrongful conviction.
4. James Newsome: I am the expert : The limits of memory ; Race matters ; In house legal expertise ; School's out.
5. Calvin Willis: Thank God for DNA : The price of proof ; The cost of lost time.
6. John Stoll: If a five-year-old says you did it, you did it : A culture of fear ; Loosing touch with reality ; Lessons not learned.
7. Beverly Monroe: Now I question everything : The right to remain silent ; Selling out.
8. Michael Evans and Paul Terry: Sheep amongst wolves : Freeing the innocent ; Life after exoneration.
9. David Pope: I'm still twenty-four : Flawed experts, faulty evidence ; No one else to turn to.
10. Joseph Amrine: I'm a dead man walking : Defenseless ; Predators and prey ; A controlled type of chaos ; An irreversible mistake. 11. Peter Rose: Family man : So much time lost ; A victim again ; The magic bullet.
12. Kevin Green: Bad things happen to good people : Grief and suspicion ; An imperfect union ; A double-bind.
13. Exoneree roundtable: People don't know how lucky they are to have their liberty
App.A. Criminal confessions and interrogations
App.B. Rape victim interrogation
App.C. Massachusetts Compensation law
App.D. State by state compensation laws
App.E. Reform recommendations.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 491).

Published in
San Francisco
Series
Voice of witness
Genre
Personal narratives.

Classifications

Library of Congress
K5560 .S87 2005, K5560 .S87 2005, K5560

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 497 p. :
Number of pages
497

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18293223M
Internet Archive
survivingjustice0000unse
ISBN 10
1932416234
ISBN 13
9781932416237
OCLC/WorldCat
62295019
Library Thing
250775
Goodreads
43419

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