IN SPITE OF INNOCENCE. Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases

Softcover. The ordeal of 400 Americans wrongly convicted of crimes punishable by death. Few errors made by society can compare with the horror of executing a person wrongly convicted of a crime. This sobering book, which includes an expanded preface, tells the personal stories of over 400 innocent Americans convicted of capital crimes. Some were actually executed; most suffered years of incarceration, many on death row. With Inventory of Cases, Glossary of Legal Terms, Jurisdiction of Cases, Sources, Bibliog. and Index. 399pp. 8vo. softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Vg+