TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sullivan,George
TI  - Not guilty
SN  - 0590897497 (pbk.) :
AV  - HV9950 .S85 1997
U1  - 364.1/0973 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - Reilly, Peter,
KW  - Peltier, Leonard
KW  - Hill, Joe,
KW  - Surratt, Mary E.
KW  - Whittaker, Johnson Chesnut,
KW  - Peltier, Leonard.
KW  - False imprisonment
KW  - United States
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Judicial error
KW  - Imprisonment
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index; A fight for justice -- Shoot-out at Pine Ridge -- The man who never died -- A nation's vengeance -- Incident at West Point
N2  - Innocent.. but found guilty. Peter Reilly was convicted of manslaughter. Leonard Peltier's ordeal inspired a movie. Joe Hill was executed for murder. Mary Surratt was put to death for her involvement in Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Johnson Chestnut Whittaker was expelled from West Point for a racist attack on himself. Each of these people was wrongly convicted of a serious crime. As a result they suffered...some even died. These historical cases sadly show that justice is not always served
ER  -