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George Washington University - FALL 2012 | ||
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 | Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong by Brandon L. Garrett Hardcover, 376 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-674-05870-4 / 0674058704 ISBN-13: 978-0-674-05870-5 / 9780674058705 On January 20, 1984, Earl Washington-defended for all of forty minutes by a lawyer who had never tried a death penalty case-was found guilty of rape and murder in the state of Virginia and sentenced to death. After nine years on death row, DNA testing cast doubt on his conviction and saved his life. | |