The Politics of Innocence: How Wrongful Convictions Shape Public Opinion

by William D. Hicks, Robert J. Norris, Kevin J. Mullinix

Book Overview

The political dynamics that shape the Innocence Movement

Since 1989, more than 3000 people are known to have been exonerated after being wrongly convicted in the United States. Each one of these cases represents a gross miscarriage of justice; they are stories of lives upended by a criminal legal system gone awry. Yet, this number just scratches the surface and does not capture the full breadth of wrongful convictions, which may well...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479815969
• ISBN13: 9781479815968
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"