Wrongful Conviction Books

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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.65 — 77,177 ratings — published 2018
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Redrum The Innocent: From Wrongful Conviction to Stunning Exoneration Redrum The Innocent: From Wrongful Conviction to Stunning Exoneration (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.28 — 139 ratings — published 1992
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Life After Death Life After Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.98 — 9,778 ratings — published 2012
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.86 — 83,271 ratings — published 2006
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An American Marriage An American Marriage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.93 — 381,321 ratings — published 2018
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"Until You Are Dead": The Wrongful Conviction of Steven Truscott "Until You Are Dead": The Wrongful Conviction of Steven Truscott (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.28 — 227 ratings — published 2001
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One Day in Bethlehem One Day in Bethlehem (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.34 — 92 ratings — published
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Real Justice: Guilty of Being Weird: The Story of Guy Paul Morin (Lorimer Real Justice) Real Justice: Guilty of Being Weird: The Story of Guy Paul Morin (Lorimer Real Justice)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.71 — 68 ratings — published 2012
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Free: My Search for Meaning Free: My Search for Meaning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,125 ratings — published 2025
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Duped: Why Innocent People Confess – and Why We Believe Their Confessions Duped: Why Innocent People Confess – and Why We Believe Their Confessions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.16 — 303 ratings — published 2022
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The Steven Truscott Story The Steven Truscott Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.98 — 53 ratings — published
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The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,561 ratings — published 2024
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In the Name of the Father: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four In the Name of the Father: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,178 ratings — published 1990
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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.11 — 22,323 ratings — published 2024
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The Hungry Bones (Alexa Glock Forensics Mysteries, #5) The Hungry Bones (Alexa Glock Forensics Mysteries, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.14 — 148 ratings — published
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Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.14 — 8,984 ratings — published 1993
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Alexander Dolgun's story: An American in the Gulag Alexander Dolgun's story: An American in the Gulag (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.50 — 423 ratings — published 1975
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Sentenced to Murder (The Bookstore Mystery #5) Sentenced to Murder (The Bookstore Mystery #5)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.84 — 494 ratings — published 2024
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No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,922 ratings — published 2018
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The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and its Astonishing Aftermath The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and its Astonishing Aftermath (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,456 ratings — published 2014
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That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.23 — 5,676 ratings — published 2009
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Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing Myself After Two Decades on Death Row for a Crime I Didn't Commit Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing Myself After Two Decades on Death Row for a Crime I Didn't Commit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.10 — 383 ratings — published 2007
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No Claim To Mercy: Elizabeth Bain and Robert Baltovich - A Suburban Mystery No Claim To Mercy: Elizabeth Bain and Robert Baltovich - A Suburban Mystery (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.79 — 28 ratings — published 2004
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When Justice Fails: The David Milgaard Story When Justice Fails: The David Milgaard Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.72 — 25 ratings — published 1991
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Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.62 — 843 ratings — published 2014
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A Prisoner:Released A Prisoner:Released (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1997
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Confessions of an Innocent Man: Torture and Survival In a Saudi Prison Confessions of an Innocent Man: Torture and Survival In a Saudi Prison (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.16 — 76 ratings — published 2005
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Justice Denied: The Law Versus Donald Marshall Justice Denied: The Law Versus Donald Marshall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.40 — 15 ratings — published
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Captured (Cold Love #1) Captured (Cold Love #1)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.65 — 223 ratings — published 2022
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Diary of a Survivor: Nineteen Years in a Cuban Women's Prison Diary of a Survivor: Nineteen Years in a Cuban Women's Prison (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.34 — 58 ratings — published 1995
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Redemption Redemption (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,777 ratings — published
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You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.64 — 251 ratings — published
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Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1) Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,354 ratings — published 2022
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Theme Music Theme Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.74 — 15,811 ratings — published 2019
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Death of a Bookseller Death of a Bookseller (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.52 — 1,326 ratings — published 1956
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A Place of Greater Safety A Place of Greater Safety (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.00 — 11,649 ratings — published 1992
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The Guardians The Guardians (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.15 — 116,944 ratings — published 2019
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The Guilty Couple The Guilty Couple (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.85 — 17,860 ratings — published 2022
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Scrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant Scrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.30 — 228 ratings — published
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Scum (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #1) Scum (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.64 — 2,240 ratings — published 2021
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Broken Things Broken Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.57 — 15,067 ratings — published 2013
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Terrified Terrified (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,953 ratings — published 2012
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My Sister, My Love My Sister, My Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.55 — 4,285 ratings — published 2008
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The Two Dead Girls (The Green Mile, #1) The Two Dead Girls (The Green Mile, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.50 — 38,073 ratings — published 1996
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Collared (Andy Carpenter, #16) Collared (Andy Carpenter, #16)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,982 ratings — published 2017
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THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SERIAL KILLERS: Volume Four T-Z THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SERIAL KILLERS: Volume Four T-Z (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.85 — 20 ratings — published
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Railroaded: Framed For Murder, Fighting For Justice Railroaded: Framed For Murder, Fighting For Justice (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 2019
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Wrecking Crew: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery Wrecking Crew: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.77 — 669 ratings — published
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Saving Sandoval: A True Story Saving Sandoval: A True Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 4.41 — 32 ratings — published
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Raw Deal: The Untold Story of NYPD's Cannibal Cop Raw Deal: The Untold Story of NYPD's Cannibal Cop (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as wrongful-conviction)
avg rating 3.78 — 180 ratings — published 2017
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Vincent H. O'Neil
“Locked up four years for something I didn’t do. But I got away with worse, so no I don’t have a grudge against you Peace Ministry types.”
Vincent H. O'Neil, A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

Todd Stocker
“A forced confession is no confession at all”
Todd Stocker

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