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Exonerated A History of the Innocence Movement
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Exonerated [electronic resource] : A History of the Innocence Movement / Robert J. Norris.
ISBN
147989835X
9781479898350
1479886270
9781479886272
Published
New York : New York University Press, [2017] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 289 pages )
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Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2017 Complete Supplement.
Project MUSE - 2017 History Supplement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 26, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.
Contents
Introduction: innocence and the American criminal justice system
Part I. The history of the innocence movement
"Voices in the wilderness": the beginning of innocence
"A eureka moment" : DNA, the Legal System, and the meaning of innocence
"We're all together on this" : expanding the network, becoming a movement
Part II. Innocence as a social movement
"It did go against the grain" : the foundations of a movement
"It's just justice . . . real justice" : the emergence of a movement
The "new civil rights"? reaching beyond innocence
Conclusion : the challenges ahead and the future of innocence
Appendix : Data, methods, and limitations.
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