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When Innocence Is Not Enough
2023
Overview
Finalist, Colorado Book Award
A gripping work of narrative nonfiction, told across
time, that exposes what’s at stake when prosecutors
conceal evidence—and what we can do about it The
Brady rule was meant to transform the U.S. justice
system. In soaring language, the Supreme Court decreed in 1963
that prosecutors must share favorable evidence with the
defense—part of a suite of decisions of that
reform-minded era designed to promote fairness for those
accused of crimes. But reality intervened. The opinion faced
many challenges, ranging from poor legal reasoning and shaky
precedent to its clashes with the very foundations of the
American criminal legal system and some of its most powerful
enforcers: prosecutors.
In this beautifully wrought work of narrative nonfiction,
Thomas L. Dybdahl illustrates the promise and shortcomings of
the
Brady rule through deft storytelling and attention to
crucial cases, including the infamous 1984 murder of Catherine
Fuller in Washington, DC. This case led to eight young Black
men being sent to prison for life after the prosecutor, afraid
of losing the biggest case of his career, hid information that
would have proven their innocence.
With a seasoned defense lawyer’s unsparing eye for
detail, Thomas L. Dybdahl chronicles the evolution of the
Brady rule—from its unexpected birth to the
series of legal decisions that left it defanged and
ineffective. Yet Dybdahl shows us a path forward by
highlighting promising reform efforts across the country that
offer a blueprint for a legislative revival of
Brady ’s true spirit.
Publisher
The New Press,New Press, The,New Press
Subject
ISBN
1620977788, 9781620977781
