Broken scales : reflections on injustice /

"However rare, some injustices are 'objectively' determined, often through DNA evidence, which allows us to squarely establish innocence despite a conviction. But the stories selected for this book represent a cross-section: some are such that (almost) every reader will see and acknow...

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Main Author: Cohen, Joel, 1944-
Other Authors: Degenshein, Dale J., Gertner, Nancy, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, 2017
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Table of Contents:
  • Winning at any cost : Glenn Ford discussed by A. Martin Stroud III
  • When "actual innocence" is not enough : Michael Wayne Haley discussed by Eric M. Albritton
  • A false confession to save his family : Abdallah Higazy
  • Always hope, never expectation : Kenneth F. Ireland, Jr.
  • White haired and spirited : a victim of the Red Scare, Miriam Moskowitz
  • Falsely accused by those with a public platform : Steven Pagones
  • The lone holdout : Adam Sirois
  • Operation Merlin : Jeffrey Sterling
  • A White House invitation : A. Ashley Tabaddor
  • Refusal to bow to popular opinion : Marsha Ternus