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You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent

By: Justin Brooks
Narrated by: Justin Brooks
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Justin Brooks has spent his career freeing innocent people from prison. With You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent, he offers up-close accounts of the cases he has fought, embedding them within a larger landscape of innocence claims and robust research on what we know about the causes of wrongful convictions.

Putting listeners at the defense table, this book forces us to consider how any of us might be swept up in the system, whether we hired a bad lawyer, bear a slight resemblance to someone else in the world, or are not good with awkward silence. The stories of Brooks's cases and clients paint the picture of a broken justice system, one where innocence is no protection from incarceration or even the death penalty. Simultaneously relatable and disturbing, You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent is essential listening for anyone who wants to better understand how injustice is served by our system.

©2023 Justin Brooks (P)2023 Dreamscape Media Law Social Sciences

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Based in the UK I'd like to think this is less likely to happen but this book highlights you never know. The book catalogues many of the things / scenarios that could find you wrongfully sent to prison, both interesting and terrifying.

Give your name, I want a lawyer, say nothing!

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A masterclass of social justice and how society needs to act to ensure safety for us all. Truly great writing and content!

All need to listen/read and act

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Absolutely brilliant book. Literally anyone can be wrongfully imprisoned if they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. Essential listening.

Brilliant book

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Explores an interesting aspect of life, based on real life
I enjoyed this book and listened twice, I would recommend it to anyone

Truly interesting. Puts you on notice!

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Started listening and have been gripped from the first line.
It’s shocking/scary/fascinating to realise how easy it is to fall into a legal trap. Whilst this is based in the US it doesn’t take much imagination to see how similar things could happen in the UK.

The explanations of the human factors which are at play in many of these cases is a great use of scientific theory to support lived experience. Insightful and engaging, fantastic storytelling.

Scary and fascinating in equal measure

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It could be you, or me. That was the enduring message from this extraordinary and brilliant book about miscarriages of justice: how anyone could get caught up in a system that is not fit for purpose. Justin brooks tells the heart-rending stories of many of his clients with the California Innocence Project. who have served more years in prison than it is possible to bear - let alone imagine - for crimes they did not commit. He draws conclusions and offers remedies. It’s shocking and intimate in equal measure and should be required reading for anyone involved or interested in the law. Actually anyone. Because any one of us could suffer a similar fate. Well read by the author too!

Powerful and important

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