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New Book Collects Stories of Wrongful Convictions

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When former Governor George Ryan cleared death row before leaving office, he put the issue of wrongful convictions front and center in Illinois. But that’s not just a local issue. True Stories of False Confessions is edited by Steven Drizin and Rob Warden of Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions, and the book collects tales of coerced confessions from around the country. WBEZ Criminal Justice reporter Robert Wildeboer talked with Warden.

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Ron Keine, Detroit // Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 11:14 AM

Finally! a book that explains how it really happens.Innocent men really do get convicted.

Chris, Sacramento // Wednesday, September 30, 2009 @ 1:16 PM

Thank you so much for your fine work and letting people really see how innocents get wrongfully convicted through false confession. I hope you will do more on other types of cases that are not based on confessions as god knows, there are many,

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