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Eight Myths That Convict the Innocent
Kaplan Publishing
October 2010
On Sale: October 5, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 1607144670
EAN: 9781607144670
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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 Ohio The 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 guilt of
several convicts serving life sentences was called into
question. In False Justice, Jim and Nancy Petro detail and
challenge eight myths of justice: “Everyone in prison claims innocence.” “Our system almost
never convicts an innocent person.” “Only the guilty
confess.” “Wrongful convictions are caused by innocent human
error.” “An eyewitness is the best testimony.” “Conviction
errors get corrected on appeal.” “It dishonors the victim to
question a conviction.” “If the justice system has problems,
the pros will fix them.” False Justice corrects these common misunderstandings with
an important truth: true justice requires constant vigilance
and is the responsibility every citizen.
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