Exhausted

Elizabeth Webster (Author) Elizabeth Webster is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Loyola University Chicago. Belen Lowrey-Kinberg (Author) Belen Lowrey-Kinberg is a researcher in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine.

"Many studies explore the factors that lead to wrongful convictions or people's experiences after release. Rarely do we see an analysis of the space between--how wrongly convicted people experience the appellate process that leads to exoneration. Exhausted provides exactly this. More than that, it manages to do so with sound methodology and analytical heft, while also embracing the humanity and care that this issue deserves. This is a wonderful book."-- "Robert J. Norris, co-author of The Politics of Innocence: How Wrongful Convictions Shape Public Opinion" "For more than three decades, scholars and advocates have documented why wrongful convictions happen. In Exhausted, Webster and Lowrey-Kinberg ask the critical next question: what happens after an innocent person has already been failed by the system? Drawing on the voices and experiences of exonerees themselves, they reveal how the appeals process, designed as a safeguard, becomes yet another obstacle for the falsely convicted. This is a deeply researched, powerful, and necessary book that shifts our understanding of wrongful convictions from the moment of error to the long and often painful struggle to correct it. Anyone concerned about justice, innocence, and the legitimacy of our legal system should read it."-- "Jon B. Gould, co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America's Death Penalty Lawyers" "Exhausted is an excellent contribution to the scholarly literature on wrongful convictions. By including the voices of actual exonerees, Elizabeth Webster and Belen Lowrey-Kinberg add to our understanding of the appellate and post-conviction process on a deep, authentic level. And not just our understanding of the procedures, but also the pain those procedures inflict on the people caught up in trying to navigate them."-- "Daniel S, Medwed, author of Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison"