{"product_id":"champions-of-innocence-inside-the-fight-against-wrongful-convictions","title":"Champions of Innocence Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Saul Kassin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Globe Pequot Publishing, 2026-04-21\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty-four powerful voices from the frontlines of justice reveal how they're revolutionizing a system that fails the innocent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the years, history has uncovered thousands of wrongful convictions in the United States, involving children and adults, men and women of all backgrounds and colors, and in countries throughout the world. Unimaginable to most, and truly terrifying for some, being convicted for a crime that one did not commit is a bizarrely tortuous and profoundly isolating experience. But a decades-long movement is gaining more traction and renown by the day for their efforts to seek justice for victims. \u003ci\u003eChampions of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e showcases real-life stories from inside the innocence movement, from lawyers to forensic scientists, journalists and authors, and, most importantly, from exonerees themselves that work for life-changing reforms. Edited by Saul Kassin, who pioneered the scientific study of false confessions, contributors include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld:\u003c\/b\u003e Co-founders of the Innocence Project, a nonprofit organization founded in New York City in 1992 dedicated to using DNA technology to reexamine postconviction claims of innocence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Jim McCloskey: \u003c\/b\u003eFounder of the nonprofit Centurion Ministries in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1983, the first ever organization dedicated to freeing individuals who had been wrongfully convicted. Since then, Centurion Ministries has presided over the release of 70 innocent individuals from prison. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Elizabeth Loftus: \u003c\/b\u003eA cognitive psychologist who pioneered research on eyewitness memory—and how misinformation can produce false accounts. As an expert in court, she challenged convictions that were based on implanted false “memories.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eJohn Grisham\u003c\/b\u003e: after practicing law for about ten years, Grisham would go on to write more than fifty bestselling books, including most recently, \u003ci\u003eFramed\u003c\/i\u003e, co-authored by Jim McCloskey. Grisham serves on the board of directors of both Centurion Ministries and the Innocence Project. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Yusef Salaam: \u003c\/b\u003eIn 1989, 15-year-old Salaam was wrongfully convicted in the infamous Central Park jogger case along with false confessors Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, and Kevin Richardson. Their convictions were overturned in 2002 and Salaam went on to become an advocate for reform, author of \u003ci\u003eBetter, Not Bitter, \u003c\/i\u003eand an elected member of the New York City Council\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Erin Moriarty: \u003c\/b\u003eA lawyer, Emmy Award-winning TV news reporter, correspondent for CBS \u003ci\u003e48 Hours, \u003c\/i\u003eand founder of the true-crime podcast, “My Life of Crime,” Erin Moriarty investigates and reports on wrongful convictions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Amanda Knox: \u003c\/b\u003eIn 2009, 20-year-old Amanda Knox was convicted of murder in Perugia, Italy, as a result of a coerced confession that witnesses later discredited and flawed forensic science. Although she was definitively acquitted in 2015, the social media frenzy that trailed her through the case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e… and many more. The twenty-four stories told in \u003ci\u003eChampions of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e will simultaneously blow your mind, piss you off, break your heart, and, if you’re lucky, fill you with a sense of relief that this did not happen to \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132560130217,"sku":"PHBK-9781493093823","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/16475223482719.jpg?v=1780122643","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/champions-of-innocence-inside-the-fight-against-wrongful-convictions","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}