The Injustice System: A Murder in Miami and a Trial Gone Wrong
- ISBN-10
- 0143124161
- ISBN-13
- 9780143124160
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 366
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Clive Stafford Smith
Description
Shares the story of the most discouraging case of the author's career, during which he defended an innocent Miami businessman whose murder conviction reflects disturbing and fundamental flaws in today's legal system.
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