Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated (Voice of Witness)

Surviving Justice presents oral histories of thirteen people from all walks of life, who, through a combination of all-too-common factors—overzealous prosecutors, inept defense lawyers, coercive interrogation tactics, eyewitness misidentification— found themselves imprisoned for crimes that they did not commit. Free after seven years, she faces the daunting task of rebuilding her life from the ground up. Beverly Monroe, an organic chemist who was coerced into falsely confessing to the murder of her lover. These narrators include: Paul Terry, who spent twenty-seven years wrongfully imprisoned, and emerged psychologically devas

Herder on the hill said Surviving Justice or Surviving Injustice?. This is a book everyone should read, especially those who generally have little to no contact with the criminal justice system. The individual histories are compelling but more importantly, is that it is a system that is not working and will require the will of a large public to change it. Just the statistics on how many are wrongfully incarcerated should send chills down the readers back. Get it and read it, now.. ""Innocent until proven guilty" makes a great sound-bite" according to B.W.. but it's a myth. Are most people accused of crimes in fact guilty? Yes, they are. However, enough people slip through the cracks that this is a serious problem that is in desperate need of attention by our lawmakers.This book profiles 1"Innocent until proven guilty" makes a great sound-bite but it's a myth. Are most people accused of crimes in fact guilty? Yes, they are. However, enough people slip through the cracks that this is a serious problem that is in desperate need of attention by our lawmakers.This book profiles 13 people who have been wrongfully accused, convicted, incarcerated, and ultimately exonerated. It is written, for the most part, in first-person narratives with some small clarification and background by the authors sprinkled throughout each narrative. For the most part, I appreciate and like the narratives. They give a unique and personal perspective that hits home harder than a purely clini. people who have been wrongfully accused, convicted, incarcerated, and ultimately exonerated. It is written, for the most part, in first-person narratives with some small clarification and background by the authors sprinkled throughout each narrative. For the most part, I appreciate and like the narratives. They give a unique and personal perspective that hits home harder than a purely clini. Five Stars A. Gift For You Very profound and thought provoking.

She has worked with survivors of systemic injustices in Somalia, South Africa, Israel, Croatia, and Kosovo. Working with Physicians for Human Rights, she developed Bosnia’s mass-grave exhumation and identification program. His first book of oral histories, Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers—co-edited and co-written

His first book of oral histories, Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers—co-edited and co-written with Daniel Moulthrop and Nínive Calegari, appeared in July of 2005. She has worked with survivors of systemic injustices in Somalia, South Africa, Israel, Croatia, and Kosovo. As a journalist, his work has appeared in the the New Yorker, the New York Times, Esquire, the Guardian, and other publications. Working with Physicians for Human Rights, she developed Bosnia’s mass-grave exhumation and identification program. About the AuthorLola Vollen is a physician specializing in the aftermath of large-scale human rights abuses. She is the founder of the Life After Exoneration Program, which helps exonerated prisoners in the United States with thei