‘This thoughtful collection of essays on one of the most important scientific and legal advances of the past century is a must read for anyone who wants to understand American criminal justice. Exonerations have so much to teach us about what goes wrong in police encounters, prosecutors' offices, and courtrooms around the country, and this book serves as a much needed guide.'
Rachel E. Barkow - Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy and Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law
'This excellent and timely collection examines the revolutionary impact of DNA identification on American criminal justice. It explores the major changes triggered by DNA exonerations, starting in 1989 - in criminal investigation, trial procedure, the use of the death penalty - and it discusses the challenges we still face and reforms that may yet happen.'
Samuel R. Gross - Thomas and Mabel Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan
'Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution should be required reading for prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and jurors alike. The book magnificently lays bare the painful but critical lessons from twenty-five years of struggle for exoneration of the innocent.'
Jeannie Suk Gersen - John H. Watson, Jr Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
'The chapters of Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution summarize remarkable strides achieved by the Innocence Movement, provide insight into the movement’s legal and institutional elements, and point to future challenges. Every criminal law scholar in law schools and criminal justice departments would benefit by reading the volume. It is an excellent high-level entry point for criminologists new to wrongful conviction research. Instructors could assign individual chapters in advanced wrongful conviction courses. In sum, Daniel S. Medwed’s volume deserves a central place in the growing library of wrongful conviction scholarship.'
Marvin Zalman
Source: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (www.clcjbooks.rutgers.edu)