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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Norris, Robert J., author.

Title: Exonerated : a history of the innocence movement / Robert J. Norris.

Description: New York : New York University Press, [2017] | Also available as an ebook. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016045489| ISBN 9781479886272 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Judicial error—United States—History. | False imprisonment—Law and legislation—United States—History. | Post-conviction remedies—United States—History. | Criminal justice, Administration of—United States—History.

Classification: LCC KF9756 .N67 2017 | DDC 345.73/0122—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016045489

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