M. Chris Fabricant Bücher

An insider's journey reveals the broken, racist justice system and the role of junk science in perpetuating it. Popular culture has mythologized forensic scientists as infallible crime solvers, leading judges and juries to place undue faith in "expert witnesses," resulting in wrongful executions. Innocent individuals remain on death row, condemned by unreliable science. In 2012, the Innocence Project began investigating cases involving junk science, leading M. Chris Fabricant to represent three men wrongfully convicted of capital murder. The narrative chronicles the battles to overturn their convictions and eliminate the flawed "science" that ruined their lives. Through courtroom struggles across Mississippi, Texas, and New York City, Fabricant exposes the deep flaws in a system that often prioritizes maintaining the status quo over justice. Gripping and enraging, this meticulously researched account offers a profound perspective on the American criminal justice system. It uncovers previously untold stories of wrongful executions, corrupt prosecutors, and pseudoscience masquerading as legitimate evidence. The book also includes a full-color photo insert that highlights the junk science discussed throughout the narrative, enhancing the reader's understanding of these critical issues.

"From CSI to Forensic Files to the celebrated reputation of the FBI crime lab, forensic scientists have long been mythologized in American popular culture as infallible crime solvers. Juries put their faith in "expert witnesses" and innocent people have been executed as a result. Innocent people are still on death row today, condemned by junk science. In 2012, the Innocence Project began searching for prisoners convicted by junk science, and three men, each convicted of capital murder, became M. Chris Fabricant's clients. Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System chronicles the fights to overturn their wrongful convictions and to end the use of the "science" that destroyed their lives. Weaving together courtroom battles from Mississippi to Texas to New York City and beyond, Fabricant takes the reader on a journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role forensic science plays in maintaining the status quo. At turns gripping, enraging, illuminating, and moving, Junk Science is a meticulously researched insider's perspective of the American criminal justice system. Previously untold stories of wrongful executions, corrupt prosecutors, and quackery masquerading as science animate Fabricant's true crime narrative." -- Provided by publisher