Shortlisted for the 2013 Orwell Prize. THE STORY CONTINUES: TWO NEW
CHAPTERS FOR THE PAPERBACK EDITION In 1986, Kris Maharaj, a British
businessman living in Miami, was arrested for the brutal murder of
two ex-business associates. His lawyer did not present a strong
alibi; Kris was found guilty and sentenced to death in the electric
chair. It wasn't until a young lawyer working for nothing, Clive
Stafford Smith, took on his case that strong evidence began to
emerge that the state of Florida had got the wrong man on Death
Row. So far, so good - except that, as Stafford Smith argues here
so compellingly, the American justice system is actually designed
to ignore innocence. Twenty-six years later, Maharaj is still in
jail. Step by step, Stafford Smith untangles the Maharaj case and
the system that makes disasters like this inevitable. His
conclusions will act as a wake-up call for those who condone
legislation which threatens basic human rights and, at the same
time, the personal story he tells demonstrates that determination
can challenge the institutions that surreptitiously threaten our
freedom.
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