Good Kids, Bad City And Wrongful Convictions In America

Published March 18, 2019 at 8:38 AM EDT

The United States incarcerates the highest number of people in the world at the highest rate in the world, and sometimes wrongly.

That’s the topic of award-winning journalist and author Kyle Swenson’s new book, where he covers the story of three Cleveland men who each served 39 years in prison for a crime they did not commit.

Today on All Sides, Swenson joins us to talk about it and wrongful convictions in America.

Guests:

Kyle Swenson, Washington Post reporter, author, “Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America”

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