Mark Godsey

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Blind Injustice

A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions

Beschreibung

In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent Mark Godsey takes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions. Drawing upon stories from his own career, Godsey shares how innate psychological flaws in judges, police, lawyers, and juries coupled with a "tough on crime" environment can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the convictions of innocent people. In Blind Injustice, Godsey explores distinct psychological human weaknesses inherent in the criminal justice system--confirmation bias, memory malleability, cognitive dissonance, bureaucratic denial, dehumanization, and others--and illustrates each with stories from his time as a hard-nosed prosecutor and then as an attorney for the Ohio Innocence Project. 

Autor

Mark Godsey is Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati. He was an award-winning federal prosecutor in New York City before becoming a leading attorney and activist for the wrongfully convicted. Godsey is the co-founder of the Ohio Innocence Project, which has freed from prison 25 innocent people who collectively served more than 470 years for crimes they did not commit. Godsey frequently appears on national television and in national print media, including People, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Dateline NBC, and Forensic Files, among others. In 2017, his career was profiled in Time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 491g
• ISBN-13: 9780520287952
• ISBN-10: 0520287959
• Artikelnr.: 47974641