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|title=Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America

|author=Clive Stafford-Smith

|publisher=Harvill Secker

|date=July 2012

|website=http://www.reprieve.org.uk/clivestaffordsmith/

|video=p8-DRSBY_HM

|summary=A powerful look at injustice, focussing on one specific miscarriage of justice, as well as the wider issues facing the American and British legal systems. It's an inspiring read that everyone should take the time to investigate.

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On 16 October 1986, Derrick and Duane Moo Young were shot and killed, in Miami. British businessman Kris Maharaj was arrested, and in 1987 he was convicted of their murders and sentenced to death. His defence lawyer, Eric Hendon, took the unusual line of offering no defence at all - when it came time to present his case, he simply rested. Kris protested his innocence throughout, and continues to do so to this day. Despite weighty evidence in support of this, he still languishes in prison 26 years later.