Foreword / Michael L. Radelet --
Introduction / John A. Humphrey and Saundra D. Westervelt --
Part I. Causes of wrongful convictions --
Misinformation and wrongful convictions / George Castelle and Elizabeth F. Loftus --
False confessions : causes, consequences, and solutions / Richard A. Leo --
From the jailhouse to the courthouse : the role of informants in wrongful convictions / Clifford S. Zimmerman --
The police role in wrongful convictions : an international comparative study / Diane L. Martin --
Part II. The social characteristics of the wrongly convicted --
Who are the wrongly convicted on death row? / William M. Holmes --
Racial bias and the conviction of the innocent / Karen F. Parker, Mari A. Dewees, and Michael L. Radelet --
Part III. The faces of the wrongly convicted : case studies --
More than a reasonable doubt : the trial and execution of Frank Ewing / Margaret Vandiver --
No appeal from the grave : innocence, capital punishment, and the lessons of history / James R. Acker, Thomas Brewer, Eamon Cunningham, Allison Fitzgerald, Jamie Flexon, Julie Lombard, Barbara Ryn, and Bivette Stodghill --
Whodudnit? an examination of the production of wrongful convictions / William S. Lofquist Part IV. Visions for change in the twenty-first century Back from the courthouse : corrective measures to address the role of informants in wrongful convictions / Clifford Zimmerman --
Effective assistance of counsel / Adele Bernhard --
DNA and innocence scholorship / Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld --
The adversary system and historical accuracy : can we do better? / Daniel Givelber --
Erroneous convictions and the death penalty / Michael L. Radelet and Hugo Adam Bedau.
