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False Justice: 8 Myths That Lead to Wrongful Convictions

False Justice: 8 Myths That Lead to Wrongful Convictions


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Former Ohio Attorney General crusades against wrongful conviction and shows how citizens can prevent this terrifyingly common miscarriage of justice.""Wrongful criminal conviction is much more frequent than most Americans believe. The thought of imprisoned innocent people haunted me. I became determined to try to do something about it." "- Jim Petro, Former Attorney General of OhioThe flaws in America's execution of justice lead to an unacceptable number of wrongful criminal convictions. Jim Petro was confronted with this issue when the innocence of several convicts serving life sentences was called into question. In "False Justice," Jim and Nancy Petro detail and challenge eight myths of justice: 1. Even if he is innocent this time, he/she is probably a career criminal 2. The conviction of an innocent is extremely unlikely 3. Of course he/she did it--he/she confessed 4. Wrongful conviction is the result of innocent human error 5. With so many professionals involved, errors are caught long before the verdict 6. Eyewitness identification is the most reliable testimony 7. Even if the jury is wrong, it will be fixed on appeal 8. It is up to professionals in the justice system to fix problems in the justice system " False Justice" corrects these common misunderstandings with an important truth: true justice requires constant vigilance and is the responsibility every citizen.

About the Author :
Jim Petro is a former Republican Attorney General of Ohio. Throughout his 35-year career as an attorney and 28-year career as an elected public office holder, he has been publicly committed to strong law-and-order platforms. As Ohio Auditor of State, he and his team cleaned up a corrupt office and performed audits that led to the criminal conviction of an unprecedented 110 public officials in Ohio. His tenure as Attorney General was marked by a nation-leading effort that added 210,000 DNA profiles from Ohio felons and misdemeanants to the national DNA Codis database. This effort resulted in the immediate solving of dozens of cold cases, hundreds over the ensuing months and years.Nancy Petro has 35 years of full-time experience in marketing, publishing, and business management and has taken an active role in her husband's political career.

Review :
"[False Justice is] an important book, written in straight-forward, unadorned prose, that isdeserving of a national audience." --Cleveland Plain Dealer"The law enforcement personage who recognizes the problem of false convictions is a rare and refreshing breed...[i]n my years of research, I have heard only a few prosecutors acknowledge the breadth and depth of the problem. In his new book "False Justice: Eight Myths That Convict the Innocent" (January, Kaplan), Petro outdoes them all." --Steve Weinberg, author of Taking on the Trust "False Justice is a fascinating and disturbing explanation of how easily our criminal justice system can convict the innocent and the endless challenges involved in finding true justice." --Anchora Magazine "Jim Petro reveals in False Justice how the lessons of DNA analysis of crime scene evidence changed his views on criminal justice. Petro became motivated not only to represent the wrongfully convicted but also to change the system. This former pro


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  • ISBN-13: 9781607148982
  • Publisher: Kaplan
  • Publisher Imprint: Kaplan
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: 8 Myths That Lead to Wrongful Convictions
  • ISBN-10: 1607148986
  • Publisher Date: 10 Mar 2011
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 256


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