Actual_Innocence

Actual Innocence A Review of “Actual Innocence.” “Actual Innocence” by Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld, and Jim Dwyer is an extraordinarily powerful story of ordinary people incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. Most believe something like this could never happen to us, but unfortunately it has happened to many. In this country, the United States of America, the government claims all people are "innocent till proven guilty." This book explains that the criminal justice system frees prisoners who are later proven innocent, but only after a lengthy legal process. Even after years of imprisonment, many trial judges state that "actual innocence" is not grounds for release from prison!" The preface begins with the horrifying case of Dennis Fritz being arrested, convicted and spending eleven years in prison for a rape he did not commit. It is proven through DNA tests that sixty-seven people were sent to prison and death row for crimes they did not commit. It also states that many local prosecutors argue that as a convict, one might hope to prove his innocence, but he has no absolute right to do so after a trial (Scheck, Neufeld, & Dwyer, 18). case, years, pg, innocence, innocent, people, crimes, two, convicted, commit, man, guilty, death, chapter, been, chapter, trial, told, suspect, states, one, miller, later, hair, free, after, testified, state, row, proven, prove, prison, person, murders, governor