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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827720403321

Autore

Alexandrowicz Alex <1953->

Titolo

The longest injustice [[electronic resource] ] : the strange story of Alex Alexandrowicz / / Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hampshire, England, : Waterside Press, c1999

ISBN

1-908162-27-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi,176p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilsonDavid <1957 April 23->

Disciplina

365/.4/092

Soggetti

Prisoners - Great Britain

Judicial error - Great Britain

Trials (Burglary) - England - Lancashire

Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Reprinted 2012"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prisoner 789959 Alex Alexandrowicz; after the chronicles end; a descriptive outline; innocence and HMP Grendon; the law and lifers, release and the Criminal Cases Review Commission; cases cited in the text.

Sommario/riassunto

This partly autobiographical account challenges the very fabric of our understanding of the legal and penal processes in Britain. It tries to explain why Alex was wrongly convicted and unravels why he spent 22 years in prison for comparatively minor offences.