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. The stories these exonerated men and women tell are spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring. These narrators include:

Paul Terry, who spent twenty-seven years wrongfully imprisoned, and emerged psychologically devastated and barely able to communicate.

Beverly...