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The longest injustice : the strange story of Alex Alexandrowicz / Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexandrowicz, Alex, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners--Great Britain--Biography.
- Prisoners.
- Judicial error--Great Britain.
- Judicial error.
- Trials (Burglary)--England--Lancashire.
- Trials (Burglary).
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Alexandrowicz, Alex, 1953-.
- Alexandrowicz, Alex.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi,176p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hampshire, England : Waterside Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "Reprinted 2012"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 24, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9781908162274
- 1908162279
- OCLC:
- 848921599
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