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For centuries, most people believed the criminal justice system worked - that only guilty defendants were convicted. DNA technology shattered that belief. DNA has now freed more than three hundred innocent prisoners in the United States. This book examines the lessons learned from twenty-five years of DNA exonerations and identifies lingering challenges. By studying the dataset of DNA exonerations, we know that precise factors lead to wrongful convictions. These include eyewitness misidentifications, false confessions, dishonest informants, poor defense lawyering, weak forensic evidence, and...

- -A fascinating ethical, legal, and psychological perspective... Gripping accounts... Simply must be read by all.- - Brandon Garrett, Roy L. and Rosamund Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law, University of Virginia

- -Absorbing, sobering, and informative... This is a must read - - Charles J. Ogletree, Founding and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice

- -Shows us how to fix the problems.- - John Grisham, New York Times best-selling author of The Litigators

- -Challenges us all to work towards changes.- - Scott Renshaw, City...

This book examines the lessons learned from twenty-five years of using DNA to free innocent prisoners and identifies lingering challenges.

- -A fascinating ethical, legal, and psychological perspective... Gripping accounts... Simply must be read by all.- - Brandon Garrett, Roy L. and Rosamund Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law, University of Virginia

- -Absorbing, sobering, and informative... This is a must read - - Charles J. Ogletree, Founding and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice

- -Shows us how to fix the problems.- - John Grisham, New York Times best-selling author of The Litigators

- -Challenges us all to work towards changes.- - Scott Renshaw, City...