{"product_id":"junk-science-and-the-american-criminal-justice-system-9781636141350","title":"Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Fierce and absorbing . . . Fabricant chronicles the battles he and his colleagues have fought to unravel a century of fraudulent experts and the bad court decisions that allowed them to thrive.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eCSI\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eForensic Files\u003c\/em\u003e to the celebrated reputation of the FBI crime lab, forensic scientists have long been mythologized in American popular culture as infallible crime solvers. Juries put their faith in \"expert witnesses\" and innocent people have been executed as a result. Innocent people are still on death row today, condemned by junk science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2012, the Innocence Project began searching for prisoners convicted by junk science, and three men, each convicted of capital murder, became M. Chris Fabricant's clients. \u003cem\u003eJunk Science and the American Criminal Justice System\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the fights to overturn their wrongful convictions and to end the use of the \"science\" that destroyed their lives. Weaving together courtroom battles from Mississippi to Texas to New York City and beyond, Fabricant takes the reader on a journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role forensic science plays in maintaining the status quo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At turns gripping, enraging, illuminating, and moving, \u003cem\u003eJunk Science\u003c\/em\u003e is a meticulously researched insider's perspective of the American criminal justice system. Previously untold stories of wrongful executions, corrupt prosecutors, and quackery masquerading as science animate Fabricant's true crime narrative. The paperback edition features a brand-new index as well as an updated introduction and final chapter chronicling the Innocence Project's continued fight against junk science in courtrooms across America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636141350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 1.10d","brand":"M. Chris Fabricant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799871520949,"sku":"9781636141350","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8bb441ac-fc20-4d8c-bc93-d76a4239e306.jpg?v=1711479638","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/junk-science-and-the-american-criminal-justice-system-9781636141350","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}