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From Goodreads: A child is gunned down by a police officer; an investigator ignores critical clues in a case; an innocent man confesses to a crime he did not commit; a jury acquits a killer. The evidence is all around us: Our system of justice is fundamentally broken. But it’s not for the reasons we tend to think, as law professor Adam Benforado argues in this eye-opening, galvanizing book. Even if the system operated exactly as it was designed to, we would still end up with wrongful convictions, trampled rights, and unequal treatment. This is because the roots of injustice lie not inside the…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2016Broadway Books · 416 pages · 9780770437787
- Hardcover · English · 2015Crown · 379 pages · 9780770437763
- Audiobook · English · 2015HighBridge Audio · 9781622319497
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