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"Tested: How Twelve Wrongly Imprisoned Men Held Onto Hope"

Released October 12th, Tested: How Twelve Wrongly Imprisoned Men Held Onto Hope (book here) traces the imprisonment and liberation of 12 wrongfully accused men: Smith was arrested in 1986 at age 35 and charged with aggravated sexual assault. The girlfriend of the building manager of Smith's Dallas, Texas-area apartment had accused Smith of robbing and raping her. A search of Smith's belongings revealed no clothing matching the description given by the victim. There was no physical evidence tying him to the crime. Both Smith and his sister testified he was home when it occurred. Still, the eyewitness identification led him to be convicted and sentenced to life in prison. "There was a time when I fell into deep depression and despair," says Smith, 58, about his nearly 20 years behind bars...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on October 07, 2010 (boomark / email).