"Since 1989, there have been over 2,200 exonerations in the United States. These have resulted from a number of factors, including the discovery of new evidence, perjury, false identification, and bad forensic evidence. Even when an individual is exonerated, is it possible to compensate them for their loss of time and money? This volume looks at the issue from varying perspectives, exploring causes of wrongful convictions, ways to increase exonerations for those who were unjustly imprisoned, strategies to decrease the number of wrongful convictions going forward, and appropriate compensation for those who have lost years of their lives"--Provided by the publisher.

Chapter 1: Wrongful convictions are caused by various factors / Centurion.org - Chapter 2: Criminal justice systems around the world make mistakes / The Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide - Chapter 3: An in-depth analysis of eyewitness misidentification / The Innocence Project - Chapter 4: DNA evidence can help bring about justice / Elizabeth Webster - Chapter 5: The past, present, and future of DNA fingerprinting / Lutz Roewer - Chapter 6: False confessions can be a cause of wrongful conviction / Elaine Cassel - Chapter 7: Research suggests many are susceptible to giving false confessions / Margaret Weigel and John Wihbey - Chapter 8: How can wrongful convictions be overturned? / David Hamer and Gary Edmond - Chapter 9: The death sentence and wrongful conviction / Samuel R. Gross, Barbara O'Brien, Chen Hu, and Edward H. Kennedy - Chapter 10: Crime victims also suffer from wrongful convictions / Seri Irazola, Erin Williamson, Julie Stricker, and Emily Niedzwiecki -- Life after exoneration / Saskia de Melker - Cha[ter 11: The media controls how the public views crime / Alice Courtauld - Chapter 12: Exonerated individuals may not recoup fines, fees, or court costs / Ian Millhiser - Chapter 13: How should states compensate the wrongfully convicted? / Scott Rodd - Chapter 14: The changes in media coverage and its impact on convictions / Liz Banks-Anderson.