Cover of Convicting the Innocent

Convicting the Innocent

by Brandon L. Garrett

2012 376 pages eng

On January 20, 1984, Earl Washington -- defended for all of forty minutes by a lawyer who had never tried a death penalty case -- was found guilty of rape and murder in the state of Virginia and sentenced to death. After nine years on death row, DNA testing cast doubt on his conviction and saved his…

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