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American Injustice Audiobook Summary

From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix’s The Staircase comes a “bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system.” (The Guardian)

“A fine companion to Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy and Emily Bazelon’s Charged. A stellar–and often shocking–report on a broken criminal justice system.” –Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

In the past thirty years alone, more than 2,800 innocent American prisoners–their combined sentences surpassing 25,000 years–have been exonerated and freed after being condemned for crimes they did not commit. Terrifyingly, this number represents only a fraction of the actual number of persons wrongfully accused and convicted over the same period.

Renowned criminal defense and civil rights attorney David Rudolf has spent decades defending the wrongfully accused. In American Injustice, he draws from his years of experience in the American criminal legal system to shed light on the misconduct that exists at all levels of law enforcement and the tragic consequences that follow in its wake. Tracing these themes through the lens of some of his most important cases–including new details from the Michael Peterson trial made famous in The Staircase–Rudolf takes the reader inside crime scenes to examine forensic evidence left by perpetrators; revisits unsolved murders to detail how and why the true culprits were never prosecuted; reveals how confirmation bias leads police and prosecutors to employ tactics that make wrongful arrests and prosecutions more likely; and exposes how poverty and racism fundamentally distort the system.

In American Injustice, Rudolf gives a voice to those who have been the victim of wrongful accusations and shows in the starkest terms the human impact of legal wrongdoing. Effortlessly blending gripping true-crime reporting and searing observations on civil rights in America, American Injustice takes readers behind the scenes of a justice system in desperate need of reform.

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American Injustice Audiobook Narrator

David S. Rudolf is the narrator of American Injustice audiobook that was written by David S. Rudolf

David S. Rudolf is one of the preeminent trial lawyers in the country. The co-host of the Webby Award-winning criminal justice podcast Abuse of Power, he has taught trial advocacy at the UNC School of Law and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and criminal litigation at Duke University School of Law. He has also served in leadership positions in the ABA Criminal Justice Section and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Rudolf received worldwide acclaim for his appearances in the Netflix documentary The Staircase, now being adapted as a dramatic series for HBO Max.


About the Author(s) of American Injustice

David S. Rudolf is the author of American Injustice

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American Injustice Full Details

Narrator David S. Rudolf
Length 10 hours 46 minutes
Author David S. Rudolf
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date January 25, 2022
ISBN 9780062997388

Subjects

The publisher of the American Injustice is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Law Enforcement, Political Science

Additional info

The publisher of the American Injustice is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062997388.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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