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When Innocence Is Not Enough: Hidden Evidence and the Failed Promise of the Brady Rule
A gripping work of narrative nonfiction, told across time, that exposes whats at stake when prosecutors conceal evidenceand what we can do about it The Brady rule was meant to transform the U.S. justice system. In soaring language, the Supreme Court decreed in 1963 that prosecutors must share favorable evidence with the defensepart of a suite of decisions of that reform-minded era designed to promote fairness for those accused of crimes. But reality intervened. The opinion faced many challenges, ranging from poor legal reasoning and shaky precedent to its clashes with the very foundations of the American criminal legal system and some of its most powerful enforcers: prosecutors. Read more