You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent

By: Justin Brooks

Narrated by: Justin Brooks

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Justin Brooks has spent his career freeing innocent people from prison. With You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent, he offers up-close accounts of the cases he has fought, embedding them within a larger landscape of innocence claims and robust research on what we know about the causes of wrongful convictions.

Putting listeners at the defense table, this book forces us to consider how any of us might be swept up in the system, whether we hired a bad lawyer, bear a slight resemblance to someone else in the world, or are not good with awkward silence. The stories of Brooks's cases and clients paint the picture of a broken justice system, one where innocence is no protection from incarceration or even the death penalty. Simultaneously relatable and disturbing, You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent is essential listening for anyone who wants to better understand how injustice is served by our system.

©2023 Justin Brooks (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

Powerful, scathing, and important

Justin Brooks' book, "You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent," is a powerful and eye-opening account of the wrongful convictions that happen all too often in our justice system. Brooks, a criminal defense lawyer and the founding director of the California Innocence Project, tells the stories of several innocent people who were wrongly convicted and spent years in prison. He also provides insights into the causes of wrongful convictions, such as eyewitness misidentification, faulty forensic science, and incompetent lawyers, including both prosecutors and defense attorneys.

The book is both heartbreaking and inspiring. It is heartbreaking to read about the suffering of the innocent people who were wrongfully convicted. But it is also inspiring to read about their resilience and determination to fight for their freedom in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Brooks's book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the flaws in our justice system and the importance of fighting for justice for the wrongfully convicted.

What a heartbreaking lesson

I knew a lot of the ins and outs of our flawed justice system but this book left me both speechless and shocked, in ways I never expected.

Required reading

Every person in America should be required to read this book. Whether you have some sense of the law or no sense of the law, it is an illuminating, and often disturbing, look at the criminal justice system in the United States, and its many flaws. It is a heartbreaking series of stories that still manage, somehow, to leave you with a feeling of hope and inspiration. The work of innocence projects all over the country, and particularly the California Innocence Project, will remind you that there are many good people in the world doing good work. This one is really worth your time, A+

Say it Loud

Innocence behind bars is far more common than the average person knows. This book was a good look into the realities and challenges of freeing innocent people from prison.

Required reading for every citizen...

I have had the chance to meet several wrongfully convicted people who had never thought it would be possible in our justice system--until it happened to them. It is more possible you may think. Please read this book to understand how and to help prevent it in the future.

Not bad

Was pretty good until starting the BLM and discrimination BS. The facts are one thing. The opinions are another.