Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice

Our nation is founded on the notion that the law is impartial, that legal cases are won or lost on the basis of evidence, careful reasoning, and nuanced argument. But they may, in fact, turn on the camera angle of a defendant's taped confession, the number of photos in a mug shot book, or a simple word choice during a cross-examination.



In Unfair, law professor Adam Benforado shines a light on this troubling new research, showing, for example, that people with certain facial features receive...