The End of the WildMeyer, Stephen M.
9781586481698
The Death Penalty On Trial: Crisis in American Justice
Bill Kurtis
ISBN 10: 158648169X / 1-58648-169-X
ISBN 13: 9781586481698
Publisher: Public Affairs
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 13: 9781586481698
Publisher: Public Affairs
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
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Bill Kurtis, anchor of the wildly popular true-crime TV series Cold Case Files and American Justice, used to support the death penalty. But after observing the machinations of the justice system for X years, he came to a stunning realization that changed his life: Capital punishment is wrong. There can be no real justice in America until it is abolished.
In Death Penalty on Trial, Kurtis takes readers on his most remarkable investigative journey yet. Together, we revisit murder scenes, study the evidence, and explore the tactical decisions made before and during trial, which sent innocent people to death row. We examine the eight main reasons why the wrong people are condemned to death, including overzealous and dishonest prosecutors, corrupt policemen, unreliable witnesses and expert witnesses, incompetent defense attorneys, bias judges, and jailhouse informants. We see why the new jewel of forensic science, DNA, is revealing more than innocence and guilt, opening a window into the criminal justice system that could touch off a revolution of reform. Ultimately we come to a remarkable conclusion: The possibility for error in our justice system is simply too great to allow the death penalty to stand as our ultimate punishment.
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