The Innocent Killer
A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and its Astonishing Aftermath
by Michael Griesbach
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Pub Date Jul 01 2014 | Archive Date Jun 16 2014
Description
This is not just another wrongful conviction book.
The Innocent Killer begins with a brutal assault on a remote stretch of beach on the Lake Michigan shoreline and ends twenty years later with a history-making verdict. It tells the story of one of the nation's most notorious convictions, that of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who spent eighteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
In addition to being a fascinating true crime story, it's also a chilling example of what can happen when those responsible for administering justice lost sight of their calling and a start reminder of the unintended consequences that can flow from a single wrong. Police and prosecutors were forced to make decisions in this case that tested their moral fiber. Their failure to make the right ones ruined the already troubled life of one man and tragically wreaked havoc on the lives of additional victims and their families.
But the most singular feature of The Innocent Killer lies in what occurred after Mr. Avery's wrongful conviction...
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For all media inquiries, please contact
Neal Cox
(312) 988-6058
Neal.Cox@americanbar.org
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781627223638 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
jim S, Reviewer
The 3rd or 4th book I have read about wrongful convictions, a subject that interests me greatly. Each has been good and different in their own way. This one is less "clinical" than "Convicting the Innocent" and has less of the journalistic advocacy of "Anatomy of Injustice." This book was more personal, written by a prosecutor with close ties to the case involved. As for the story and the twists and turns it takes...honestly, you can't make this stuff up. I don;t want to say more due to spoilers...even though it was a case that evidently received national attention, it was very new to me and so may be new to readers of this review. The writer offers fair criticism and praise to everyone involved: police/detectives, forensic scientists, prosecutors, defense counsel, Innocence Project activists, the press, and others. Really makes you think.
Apparently this is an updated reprint of a 2010 book with new information and/or added "Afterwords" by other participants.
I thank the American Bar Association (press) and NetGalley for the e-ARC
Bookseller 71239
heart breaking eye opening as to how the system works and fails well written great addition to the wrongly convicted books it reads a bit legal in certain parts, but that is to be expected in this type of book great cover jarring to read how quickly and easily you can be convicted for something you din't do based on pre-conceived feelings about you
Review goes live July 1
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