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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Wrongfully convicted Wrongfully convicted Peter Boer "Journalist Peter Boer takes a look at the modern history of Canadians who have fallen victim to the errors and sins of our country's justice and law enforcement systems." OL17865647W
Jailed for life for being black Jailed for life for being black Bill Swan "Rubin Carter was in and out of reformatories and prisons from the age of twelve. At twenty-four, he became a winning professional boxer and was turning his life around. But Carter was also very voca… OL17896645W
Convicted for being Mi'kmaq Convicted for being Mi'kmaq Bill Swan Donald Marshall, Jr., a Mi'kmaq, was framed for murder when he was 17. He spent 11 years in prison until, by a series of bizarre coincidences, the real murderer was discovered. Then he became a nativ… OL20905115W
Innocence on trial Innocence on trial Joan I. McEwen In early-1980s Vancouver, Ivan Henry was an ex-convict still adjusting to civilian life when he was detained on a break-and-enter charge. A short time later he found himself on trial for ten charges … OL20940528W
The cartel The cartel Evan Whitton This critique of the Australian legal system argues that the present system often obstructs justice, that common law does not seek the truth and that trials are not designed to achieve a just outcome… OL27975562W
Stolen years Stolen years Reuven Fenton There is a grisly murder in your neighborhood. You stand outside with your neighbors and watch, or maybe you peek out your curtains. Hours pass, then days, maybe years. Then one day there is a knock … OL29317830W