When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice

by Austin Sarat

Book Overview

Since 1989, there have been over 200 post-conviction DNA exonerations in the United States. On the surface, the release of innocent people from prison could be seen as a victory for the criminal justice system: the wrong person went to jail, but the mistake was fixed and the accused set free. A closer look at miscarriages of justice, however, reveals that such errors are not aberrations but deeply revealing, common features of our legal system...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814740510
• ISBN13: 9780814740514
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"