Blind Injustice: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions Audiobook (Free)

Sketching upon stories from his own career, Godsey shares how innate psychological defects in judges, police, lawyers, and juries coupled with a ‘tough on crime’ environment can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the convictions of innocent people.

Godsey explores distinct psychological human being weaknesses inherent in the criminal justice system-confirmation bias, memory space malleability, cognitive dissonance, bureaucratic denial, dehumanization, and others-and illustrates each with stories from his time as a hard-nosed prosecutor and then as a lawyer for the Ohio Innocence Project.

He also lays bare the lawbreaker justice system’s internal political stresses. How does the actual fact that judges, sheriffs, and prosecutors are elected officials impact how they view cases? How do defense lawyers support customers when most are overworked and underpaid? And how do juries conquer bias leading them to trust that law enforcement and expert witnesses know more than they actually about what proof means?

This book sheds a harsh light on the unintentional yet routine injustices committed by those charged with upholding justice.