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Author: Duane Gundrum
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2001-06
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 059517633X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA man murdered...A man framed for the murder with only a short time to prove his innocence before the killer strikes again and strikes at him. A murder mystery set at the highest levels of corporate America where lives are played as a game, where the results are success...or death.
Author: James C. Reynolds
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: 2008-10
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 160647832X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The true story of a man who was unjustly accused of owning a child pornography website. After he and his family suffered the embarrassment and humiliation of the media frenzy that followed his arrest, the ordeal ended over two years later when the case was dismissed. The story tells how God delivered the man, helped him retain his integrity and restore his reputation ..."--Publisher's description.
Author: Marc Morjé Howard
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0190659343
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United States incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world, at rates nearly ten times higher than other liberal democracies. Indeed, while the U.S. is home to 5 percent of the world's population, it contains nearly 25 percent of its prisoners. But the extent of American cruelty goes beyond simply locking people up. At every stage of the criminal justice process - plea bargaining, sentencing, prison conditions, rehabilitation, parole, and societal reentry - the U.S. is harsher and more punitive than other comparable countries. In Unusually Cruel, Marc Morjé Howard argues that the American criminal justice and prison systems are exceptional - in a truly shameful way. Although other scholars have focused on the internal dynamics that have produced this massive carceral system, Howard provides the first sustained comparative analysis that shows just how far the U.S. lies outside the norm of established democracies. And, by highlighting how other countries successfully apply less punitive and more productive policies, he provides plausible solutions to addressing America's criminal justice quagmire.
Author: Jon Robins
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 2018-05-08
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 178590390X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhenever a miscarriage of justice hits the headlines, it is tempting to dismiss it as an anomaly – a minor hiccup in an otherwise healthy judicial system. Yet the cases of injustice that feature in this book reveal that they are not just minor hiccups, but symptoms of a chronic illness plaguing the British legal system. Massive underfunding, catastrophic failures in policing and shoddy legal representation have all contributed to a deepening crisis – one that the watchdog set up for the very purpose of investigating miscarriages of justice has done precious little to remedy. Indeed, little has changed since the 'bad old days' of the Guildford Four and Birmingham Six. Award winning journalist Jon Robins lifts the lid on Britain's legal scandals and exposes the disturbing complacency that has led to many innocent people being deemed guilty, either in the eyes of the law or in the court of public opinion.
Author: Salvatore J. Manfredonia
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2009-12
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 1449053149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a "TELL ALL" book about what an official of a government office in Broward County, Florida did to us, Guilty Till Proven Innocent. I am telling you about what they "can do" so that you will be able to prevent this from happening to you. Don't let them do this to you "Because They Can". The book in part is an autobiography telling you of compelling events that happened to my wife Eileen and myself and how we made it through those difficult times. I have removed the blindfold from Lady Justice so that she can see what a government agency, has done, "BECAUSE THEY CAN", what everyone should know so that they can make sure this never happens to them. For me to address the issue I did research in the areas of Burden of Proof as well as The Rule of Law for me to have a better understanding of the way the law was written. The dialog and documentation written was taken from law journals therefore the section of Guilty Till Proven Innocent Because They Can is a true and correct statement.
Author: Penny White
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2017-08-18
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 153202701X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs British ex-pats, author Penny White and her husband, Harry, had been living the Florida dream for several years until, through no fault of their own, they found themselves on the wrong side of the law. They suffered wrongful arrest and incarceration. If found guilty, they each faced a hundred and thirty years in prisona situation based on lies told by a former business partner and his aggressive attorney. In Guilty Till Proven Innocent, White shares the story of how, in a dramatic, TV-style raid on their Florida home by armed, masked police, their lives changed forever. White narrates their experience including spending time in jail and fighting the charges lobbied against them. This true story calls into question the American courts, and White asks for a further review into a justice system that fails to uphold the tenets of liberty, freedom, and justice for all, not just for those who can afford good, but expensive attorneys.
Author: Jose Baez
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Published: 2013-08-27
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 1937856771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York Times bestseller Presumed Guilty exposes shocking, never-before revealed, exclusive information from the trial of the century and the verdict that shocked the nation. When Caylee Anthony was reported missing in Orlando, Florida, in July 2008, the public spent the next three years following the investigation and the eventual trial of her mother, Casey Anthony. On July 5, 2011, the case that captured headlines worldwide exploded when, against all odds, defense attorney Jose Baez delivered one of the biggest legal upsets in American history: a not-guilty verdict. In this tell-all, Baez shares secrets the defense knew but has not disclosed to anyone until now and frankly reveals his experiences throughout the entire case—discovering the evidence, meeting Casey Anthony for the first time, being with George and Cindy Anthony day after day, leading defense strategy meetings, and spending weeks in the judge's chambers. Presumed Guilty shows how Baez, a struggling, high-school dropout, became one of the nation's most high-profile defense attorneys through his tireless efforts to seek justice for one of the country's most vilified murder suspects.
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2010-03-16
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0307576019
DOWNLOAD EBOOK#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES • “Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.”—Entertainment Weekly John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime masterpiece that tells the story of small town justice gone terribly awry. In the Major League draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the state of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A’s, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on her sofa. In 1982, a twenty-one-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder. With no physical evidence, the prosecution’s case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron Williamson was sent to death row. If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this book will shock you. If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you. Don’t miss Framed, John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, co-authored with Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey.
Author: Nigel Hinton
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781842993699
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"April 2006 Nathan idolises his dad but when his father is arrested for murder, suspicion plagues both their lives as their worlds fall apart.First PageWhat a difference a day makes. In less than 24 hours Nathans life fell to bits. And it all started so well, with the phone call from Dad. The phone rang during breakfast and Grace got to it before Nathan. She picked it up.
Author: Laura Caldwell
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Published: 2017-03-28
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1631490893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecalling the great muckrakers of the past, an outraged team of America’s best-selling writers unite to confront the disasters of wrongful convictions. Wrongful convictions, long regarded as statistical anomalies in an otherwise sound justice system, now appear with frightening regularity. But few people understand just how or why they happen and, more important, the immeasurable consequences that often haunt the lucky few who are acquitted, years after they are proven innocent. Now, in this groundbreaking anthology, fourteen exonerated inmates narrate their stories to a roster of high-profile mystery and thriller writers—including Lee Child, Sara Paretsky, Laurie R. King, Jan Burke and S. J. Rozan—while another exoneree’s case is explored in a previously unpublished essay by legendary playwright Arthur Miller. An astonishing and unique collaboration, these testimonies bear witness to the incredible stories of innocent men and women who were convicted of serious crimes and cast into the maw of a vast and deeply flawed American criminal justice system before eventually, and miraculously, being exonerated. Introduced by best-selling authors Scott Turow and Barry Scheck, these master storytellers capture the tragedy of wrongful convictions as never before and challenge readers to confront the limitations and harsh realities of the American criminal justice system. Lee Child tells of Kirk Bloodsworth, who obsessively read about the burgeoning field of DNA testing, cautiously hoping that it held the key to his acquittal—until he eventually became the first person to be exonerated from death row based on DNA evidence. Judge John Sheldon and author Gayle Lynds team up to share Audrey Edmunds’s experience raising her children long distance from her prison cell. And exoneree Gloria Killian recounts to S. J. Rozan her journey from that fateful "knock on the door" and the initial shock of accusation to the scars she carries today. Together, the powerful stories collected within the Anatomy of Innocence detail every aspect of the experience of wrongful conviction, as well as the remarkable depths of endurance sustained by each exoneree who never lost hope.
