Inscribed by the author on front endpaper. 272 pp.; 8vo; cloth in black dust jacket with rubbing and moderate wear at edges.

True stories of men accused of crimes hey did not commit, and of the courageous police officers, lawyers, and criminologists who set them free. Block was a veteran San Francisco newspaperman and writer who spent more than twenty-five years with the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, who wrote extensively on crime and prison reform.