The Plea of Innocence: Restoring Truth to the American Justice System

by Tim Bakken

Book Overview

Proposes groundbreaking, fundamental reform for the adversarial legal system to keep innocent people from going to prison

We rely on the adversarial legal system to hold offenders accountable, ensure everyone is playing by the same rules, and keep our streets safe. Unfortunately, a grave condition lingers under the surface: at all times the imprisonment of possibly tens of thousands of innocent people.

The Plea of Innocence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479840181
• ISBN13: 9781479840182
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 248 Pages