Overturning Wrongful Convictions: Science Serving Justice

by Elizabeth A. Murray

Book Overview

Imagine being convicted of a crime you didn't commit and spending years behind bars. Since 1989 more than 1,400 Americans who experienced this injustice have been exonerated. Some of the people who have won their freedom include Ronald Cotton, who was falsely convicted of raping a college student; Nicole Harris, who was unjustly imprisoned for the death of her son; and intellectually disabled Earl Washington Jr., who was unfairly sentenced to death...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467725137
• ISBN13: 9781467725132
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12