Fueled by more than 2,000 exonerations of wrongfully convicted men and women, the "innocence revolution" has shaken the criminal justice system to its core. By gathering the leading research, law, and policy analysis into one volume, The Wrongful Convictions Reader explores the core contributing factors to wrongful false confessions, witness misidentifications, cognitive bias, junk science, police and prosecutorial misconduct, racial bias, and ineffective assistance of counsel. Each chapter is divided into three Examples from the Legal Materials, Exercises, and Media sections This combination of materials makes the book more than a mere "reader" and makes it ideal for doctrinal as well as experiential courses. A set of 392 PowerPoint slides, as well as other teaching materials, is available upon adoption of this book. to view a sample PowerPoint presentation. If you are a professor using this book for a class, please contact Rachael Meier at remeier@cap-press.com to request your materials.
