The Supreme Court on Trial: How the American Justice System Sacrifices Innocent Defendants »

Has the American criminal justice system abandoned its duty to protect the innocent?

1 Innocence Ignored 6

2 The Fundamental Value of Due Process 45

3 In the Beginning: God, Juries, and God Again 56

4 Truth from Juries: William the Conqueror, Henry II, and the Catholic Church 69

5 Truth from Juries: America before the Twentieth Century 93

6 In God's Name: Is That the Man? 117

7 Truth from Procedure: The Supreme Court Tries a New Tack 139

8 Looking for Truth in Unexpected Places 168

9 The Hitch-hiker's Guide to Protecting Innocence 181

Notes 229

Bibliography 271

Index 291