"From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix's The Staircase comes an essential examination of America's corrupt and abusive criminal justice system"-- Provided by publisher.

Defending the rule of law -- How can you represent "those people"? -- Due process in the criminal justice system -- Southern Justice -- White justice -- Speedy justice -- The front lines -- Terrorists or freedom fighters? -- Shades of gray -- Law enforcement or criminals? -- The coverup -- The most powerful person in the system -- Caught in the cross fire -- The attack on condoms and the First Amendment -- Adam & Eve fight back -- A quiet death by lethal injection -- Set up to be guilty : suggestive false identifications -- Justice for sale : purchasing false testimony -- Hiding the truth : concealing exculpatory evidence -- The usual suspect -- The obvious suspect -- A thousand to one -- Justice delayed -- Coercing false confessions and guilty pleas -- Fabricating confessions -- Abusing the power of science -- Laboratory scandals -- Beyond the limits of science -- I shall be released -- Who killed Shadow Holloman? -- Epilogue : the roots of resistance.