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• Commended for Special Mention - Herbert Jacob Book Prize 2015
• Commended for Special Mention - Herbert Jacob Book Prize 2017

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This book is distinctive in its sheer comprehensiveness of investigation and presentation. It will be an instant classic in criminology. -- Jordan Steiker, University of Texas at Austin Given the quality of the work and the importance of the subject, this book will become a classic in the field. It is as good a book about the death penalty as I have ever read. -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College Liebman and his coauthors tell an important story of alleged wrongful execution. The story of Carlos DeLuna highlights several important yet often overlooked problems plaguing our criminal justice system, ranging from the pitfalls of eyewitness identification to the disadvantages of the restrictions of habeas corpus. -- Meghan Ryan, Southern Methodist University School of Law The author delivers a masterful deconstruction of the Lopez murder, police investigation followed by the prosecution and execution of the wrong man. Given the number of men already exonerated from death row and the unacceptable incidence of innocent men convicted of capital crimes, there can be no doubt that innocent men have been executed by the state. Liebman's command of the facts and intellectual precision, ultimately infused with a moral urgency, makes a compelling claim that Carlos DeLuna is one of those innocent men. -- Peter J. Neufeld and Barry Scheck, Directors, Innocence Project

Given the quality of the work and the importance of the subject, this book will become a classic in the field. It is as good a book about the death penalty as I have ever read. -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College Wrenching... death penalty opponents now have a definitive example to cite; death penalty proponents have an agonizing case to consider. Kirkus (Starred Review) A gripping read. Library Journal [An] infuriating yet engrossing book on wrongful conviction... An important critique of our legal system. Publishers Weekly This case is examined to such an earth's-core depth - the book is full of site maps and footnotes and its website features much more - that readers will come away absolutely convinced that the conviction of Carlos DeLuna was a profound injustice. Boston Globe A sad, absorbing, and profoundly important tale of a wrongful conviction and execution. Everyone with an interest in criminal justice and every public official with responsibility in this realm should place it high on their reading list. The Champion

This book is distinctive in its sheer comprehensiveness of investigation and presentation. It will be an instant classic in criminology. -- Jordan Steiker, University of Texas at Austin Given the quality of the work and the importance of the subject, this book will become a classic in the field. It is as good a book ab.out the death penalty as I have ever read -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College Liebman and his coauthors tell an important story of alleged wrongful execution. The story of Carlos DeLuna highlights several important yet often overlooked problems plaguing our criminal justice system, ranging from the pitfalls of eyewitness identification to the disadvantages of the restrictions of habeas corpus. -- Meghan Ryan, Southern Methodist University School of Law

This book is distinctive in its sheer comprehensiveness of investigation and presentation. It will be an instant classic in criminology. -- Jordan Steiker, University of Texas at Austin Given the quality of the work and the importance of the subject, this book will become a classic in the field. It is as good a book about the death penalty as I have ever read. -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College Liebman and his coauthors tell an important story of alleged wrongful execution. The story of Carlos DeLuna highlights several important yet often overlooked problems plaguing our criminal justice system, ranging from the pitfalls of eyewitness identification to the disadvantages of the restrictions of habeas corpus. -- Meghan Ryan, Southern Methodist University School of Law

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James S. Liebman is Simon F. Rifkind Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and a nationally recognized expert on the death penalty. He is the coauthor of Federal Habeas Corpus Practice and Procedure and A Modern Approach to Evidence: Text, Problems, Transcripts, and Cases. The Columbia DeLuna Project is a multiyear examination of the execution of Carlos DeLuna, conducted by James S. Liebman and five now-graduated Columbia Law students: Shawn Crowley, Andrew Markquart, Lauren Rosenberg, Lauren Gallo White, and Daniel Zharkovsky.

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