Daniel Medwed | Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison

Join author and university professor of law and criminal justice, Daniel Medwed, for a discussion and signing of his new book, Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison.

This in-person event will take place on the bookshop patio.

GET YOUR COPY NOW! Pre-order your signed copy of Barred today, by either calling the store at 801-484-9100 or ordering online. Please specify if you will be attending the event and if you want your book personalized. Places in the signing line are reserved for those who purchase a copy of Barred from The King’s English.

About the book:

A groundbreaking exposé of how our legal system makes it nearly impossible to overturn wrongful convictions.

Thousands of innocent people are behind bars in the United States. But proving their innocence and winning their release is nearly impossible.

In Barred, legal scholar Daniel S. Medwed argues that our justice system’s stringent procedural rules are largely to blame for the ongoing punishment of the innocent. Those rules guarantee criminal defendants just one opportunity to appeal their convictions directly to a higher court. Afterward, the wrongfully convicted can pursue only a few narrow remedies. Even when there is strong evidence of a miscarriage of justice, rigid guidelines, bias, and deference toward lower courts all too often prevent exoneration.

Offering clear explanations of legal procedures alongside heart-wrenching stories of their devastating impact, Barred exposes how the system is stacked against the innocent and makes a powerful call for change.