The Wrong Carlos: Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution

by James S. Liebman

Book Overview

In 1989, Texas executed Carlos DeLuna, a poor Hispanic man with childlike intelligence, for the murder of Wanda Lopez, a convenience store clerk. His execution passed unnoticed for years until a team of Columbia Law School faculty and students almost accidentally chose to investigate his case and found that DeLuna almost certainly was innocent. They discovered that no one had cared enough about either the defendant or the victim to make sure the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231167237
• ISBN13: 9780231167239
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"