Not Guilty: Are the Acquitted Innocent?

by Daniel Givelber, Amy Farrell, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, et al.

As scores of death row inmates are exonerated by DNA evidence and innocence commissions are set up across the country, conviction of the innocent has become a well-recognized problem. But our justice system makes both kinds of errors--we acquit the guilty and convict the innocent--and exploring the reasons why people are acquitted can help us to evaluate the efficiency and fairness of our criminal justice system. Not Guilty provides a sustained examination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814732178
• ISBN13: 9780814732175
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"