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9781595584014 English 1595584013 "On July 8, 1997, nineteen-year-old sailor Billy Bosko returned from a naval cruise to his home in Norfolk, Virginia, to find his wife on the floor of their bedroom in a pool of blood. Michelle, eighteen, had been raped and stabbed to death the night before." "In this tale of justice gone awry, four innocent men separately confess, under intense police pressure, to a heinous crime that it now appears none of them actually committed. As this enthralling story unfolds, the real perpetrator is matched to DNA evidence and convicted, yet three of the men now called "the Norfolk Four" remain in prison today. The controversy over this case continues to simmer, with the victim's family still convinced of the men's guilt even as increased media attention has exposed the questionable treatment they received at the hands of police officers, prosecutors, and even their own defense attorneys." "The experiences of the Norfolk Four attest to the powerful role confessions - even false ones - play in our criminal justice system, where they typically trump fact, reason, and common sense." "Writer Tom Wells and law professor Richard A. Leo interweave a narrative about the unfolding of the case with an exploration of topics that range from coercive interrogation, police perjury ("testilying"), and prosecutorial politics to the role of the death penalty in criminal law." "As the clemency campaign for the three wrongly imprisoned men continues, The Wrong Guys offers an urgent call for justice, a convincing case for reform in the criminal justice system, and a riveting read."--BOOK JACKET., A compulsively readable true-crime tale, with a damning argument about the relationship between the death penalty and false confessions, based on an Innocence Project case. "It's time for Virginia's governor to do something about the Norfolk Four....[This is] one of the most disturbing potential miscarriages of justice the commonwealth has seen in a long time."--The Washington Post, editorial, December 1, 2006 On July 8, 1997, nineteen-year-old sailor Billy Bosko returned to his home in Norfolk, Virginia, from a naval cruise to find his wife on the floor of their bedroom, raped and stabbed to death. In this gripping story of justice gone awry, four innocent men separately confess to the heinous crime that none of them actually committed. Though the real perpetrator has since been convicted, three of the four remain in prison today, attesting to the powerful role confessions--even false ones--play in our criminal justice system, where they typically trump fact, reason, and common sense. Writer Tom Wells and law professor Richard Leo masterfully interweave a narrative covering the unfolding of the case with an exploration of topics ranging from coercive interrogation, police perjury ("testilying"), and prosecutorial politics to the role of the death penalty in criminal law. With a clemency campaign for the three wrongly imprisoned men still ongoing, this book presents an urgent call for justice and a convincing case for reform in the criminal justice system., A gripping true story of justice gone awry, in which four innocent men separately confess to the 1997 murder and rape of a woman. Although the real perpetrator has now been convicted, three of the four men remain in prison, attesting to the powerful role of confession in the criminal justice system. Wells and Leo interweave a narrative following this unfolding case exploring topics of coercive interrogation, police perjury and prosecutorial politics in the death penalty. This book presents an urgent call for justice and reformation.
9781595584014 English 1595584013 "On July 8, 1997, nineteen-year-old sailor Billy Bosko returned from a naval cruise to his home in Norfolk, Virginia, to find his wife on the floor of their bedroom in a pool of blood. Michelle, eighteen, had been raped and stabbed to death the night before." "In this tale of justice gone awry, four innocent men separately confess, under intense police pressure, to a heinous crime that it now appears none of them actually committed. As this enthralling story unfolds, the real perpetrator is matched to DNA evidence and convicted, yet three of the men now called "the Norfolk Four" remain in prison today. The controversy over this case continues to simmer, with the victim's family still convinced of the men's guilt even as increased media attention has exposed the questionable treatment they received at the hands of police officers, prosecutors, and even their own defense attorneys." "The experiences of the Norfolk Four attest to the powerful role confessions - even false ones - play in our criminal justice system, where they typically trump fact, reason, and common sense." "Writer Tom Wells and law professor Richard A. Leo interweave a narrative about the unfolding of the case with an exploration of topics that range from coercive interrogation, police perjury ("testilying"), and prosecutorial politics to the role of the death penalty in criminal law." "As the clemency campaign for the three wrongly imprisoned men continues, The Wrong Guys offers an urgent call for justice, a convincing case for reform in the criminal justice system, and a riveting read."--BOOK JACKET., A compulsively readable true-crime tale, with a damning argument about the relationship between the death penalty and false confessions, based on an Innocence Project case. "It's time for Virginia's governor to do something about the Norfolk Four....[This is] one of the most disturbing potential miscarriages of justice the commonwealth has seen in a long time."--The Washington Post, editorial, December 1, 2006 On July 8, 1997, nineteen-year-old sailor Billy Bosko returned to his home in Norfolk, Virginia, from a naval cruise to find his wife on the floor of their bedroom, raped and stabbed to death. In this gripping story of justice gone awry, four innocent men separately confess to the heinous crime that none of them actually committed. Though the real perpetrator has since been convicted, three of the four remain in prison today, attesting to the powerful role confessions--even false ones--play in our criminal justice system, where they typically trump fact, reason, and common sense. Writer Tom Wells and law professor Richard Leo masterfully interweave a narrative covering the unfolding of the case with an exploration of topics ranging from coercive interrogation, police perjury ("testilying"), and prosecutorial politics to the role of the death penalty in criminal law. With a clemency campaign for the three wrongly imprisoned men still ongoing, this book presents an urgent call for justice and a convincing case for reform in the criminal justice system., A gripping true story of justice gone awry, in which four innocent men separately confess to the 1997 murder and rape of a woman. Although the real perpetrator has now been convicted, three of the four men remain in prison, attesting to the powerful role of confession in the criminal justice system. Wells and Leo interweave a narrative following this unfolding case exploring topics of coercive interrogation, police perjury and prosecutorial politics in the death penalty. This book presents an urgent call for justice and reformation.