DNVICTING THE INNOCi DWIN M. BORCHARD Convicting' the Innocent Convicting The Innocent SIXTY-FIVE ACTUAL ERRORS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE By Edwin M. Borchard PROFESSOR OF LAW IN YALE UNIVERSITY With the Collaboration of E. Russell Lutz RESEARCH ASSISTANT Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. GARDEN NEW YORK CITY, Copyright 1932 by Yale University Press Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. This book may not be re- produced, in whole or in part, in any form, ex- cept by written permission from the publishers.