Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I The Role of the Criminal Defense Lawyer
1 Defending the Rule of Law 9
2 How Can You Represent "Those People"? 15
Part II Race and the Abuse of Power in the Criminal Justice System
3 Due Process in the Criminal Justice System 29
4 Southern Justice 35
5 White Justice 47
6 Speedy Justice 57
Part III Black, White, and Gray in the Criminal Justice System
7 The Front Lines 65
8 Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? 69
9 Shades of Gray 77
10 Law Enforcement or Criminals? 87
11 The Cover-up 97
Part IV Fighting the Abuse of Power by Prosecutors
12 The Most Powerful Person in the System 103
13 Caught in the Cross Fire 109
14 The Attack on Condoms and the First Amendment 121
15 Adam & Eve Fight Back 129
Part V Fighting the Abuse of Power by the Police
16 A Quiet Death by Lethal Injection 153
17 Set Up to Be Guilty: Suggestive False Identifications 159
18 Justice for Sale: Purchasing False Testimony 167
19 Hiding the Truth: Concealing Exculpatory Evidence 183
20 The Usual Suspect 193
21 The Obvious Suspect 207
22 A Thousand to One 221
23 Justice Delayed 233
24 Coercing False Confessions and Guilty Pleas 243
25 Fabricating Confessions 267
26 Abusing the Power of Science 285
27 Laboratory Scandals 297
28 Beyond the Limits of Science 303
29 I Shall Be Released 313
30 Who Killed Shadow Holloman? 329
Epilogue: The Roots of Resistance 337
Acknowledgments 341
Index 343