Surviving Justice: Americas Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated

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Surviving Justice: Americas Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated presents oral histories of thirteen people from all walks of life, who, through a combination of all-too-common factorsoverzealous prosecutors, inept defense lawyers, coercive interrogation tactics, eyewitness misidentificationfound themselves imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. The stories these exonerated men and women tell are spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring.

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DAVE EGGERS is the author of six previous books, including Zeitoun and A Hologram for the King. In 2002, he co-founded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center for youth. In 2004, Eggers co-founded the Voice of Witness book series with Dr. Lola Vollen. LOLA VOLLEN is a scholar, human rights activist, and co-founder of Voice of Witness. In addition to editing Surviving Justice, she also edited Voice of Witness title Voices from the Storm: The People of New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath.