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Freeing The Innocent: How We Did It - A Handbook For The Wrongly Convicted

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If you're reading this, you probably have a loved one or friend who's been wrongly convicted. This book provides some hope, and some specific things you can do -- and that the incarcerated can do -- to move towards their release.

The problem of wrongful convictions is the tragedy about which no one cares -- until it happens to them or someone they love.

This sounds like it would be a pretty good book. However, the problem I see is that some of these prisoners are denied even getting certain "mail" and also there is quite a bit of thefts among mail that is sent into a prison before the "inmate" even ge'ts it! Your paying a heavy price to send this book, and other items, and most likely the person won't get it. And, should you keep it and share the information with the person on the inside, they are not able to get access to a lawyer, legal forms, the library, etc. I also find that it doesn't serve well for a person who is extremely young and 'fresh' to the system. Also, one that has learning disabilites and is very hard to communicate with in writing due to grammer and spelling. Then there is the speech problem that trying to discuss matters with them takes a LONG amount of time. And, for a person with an auditory processing delay disability, how likely is it for him/her to remember the 3rd sentence when your on the 10th? They are not able to write properly enough to get someone to 'listen' to them without some kind of "outside" help. So, that person isn't that much help to themselves in that situation now are they? I know this to be true, I KNOW an innocent shoved in one of these places. And, he suffers the latter part of what I wrote. He is left to rot and always told no to everything. He's treated like an animal and basic things are even a huge issue. When he complains with a 602, they simply "lose it". NOTHING EVER gets done! As far as their concerned he's trash and that's that. I WISH something like this could be a benefit to alot of people, but seeing how things REALLY work as of recent, that's not likely to happen.