Here, in this unique and compulsively readable encyclopedia for all true-crime buffs, you will find all the famously, or infamously, “innocent”-from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Alfred Dreyfus, from Leo Frank to the Scottsboro Boys, from Dr. Sam Sheppard to Anthony Porter, from Joan of Arc to Lindy Chamberlain, as well as hundreds of other cases. Unequalled in depth and breadth of coverage, “I Am Innocent!” graphically details by category-including such as perjury, railroading, framing, suppression of evidence, police and prosecutorial coercion, mistaken identity, and prejudicial publicity-how wrongly convicted persons were sentenced to prison...or the gallows. Over five hundred cases are included, as well as a comprehensive glossary of legal and law enforcement terms; an extensive list of movies based on wrongly convicted individuals; a complete bibliography; and a cross-referenced index.
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Jay Robert Nash is widely recognized as the world’s foremost encyclopedist of crime, and has authored more than seventy single-volume and multi-volume reference works, including the Encyclopedia of World Crime.
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A striking analysis of evidence, legal justice and injustice,
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This review is from: I Am Innocent!: A Comprehensive Encyclopedic History of the World's Wrongly Convicted Persons (Paperback)
Collections strong in general interest, law, or social issues will find "I AM INNOCENT!" A COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPEDIC HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S WRONGLY CONVICTED PERSONS to be an intriguing survey from ancient to modern times. From the witchcraft victims of Salem to forensic science misconduct, the influence of confessions and fingerprinting and other types of evidence, and evolving legal persecution systems around the world, I AM INNOCENT provides a striking analysis of evidence, legal justice and injustice.Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
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Typically excellent book from Jay Robert Nash,
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This review is from: I Am Innocent!: A Comprehensive Encyclopedic History of the World's Wrongly Convicted Persons (Paperback)
Exhaustive, detailed, and very scary book about innocent people thrown in jail for crimes they didn't commit. The cover says it all: "How hate, revenge, lunacy, deception, greed, corruption, stupidity and common error sent innocent people to their fate." That doesn't cover mistaken identity, intentional convictions based on the desire to advance careers (although I suppose that could fall under corruption), and coercion.Great book.
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