{"product_id":"floridas-final-sentence-carey-randall-9798245365558","title":"Florida's Final Sentence: Wrongful Convictions, Executions, and the Cost of Certainty","description":"Florida leads the nation in death-row exonerations.\u003cp\u003eThat fact alone demands explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFlorida's Final Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e, Carey Randall examines decades of wrongful convictions and executions to uncover how certainty repeatedly replaced scrutiny inside Florida's capital punishment system-and how those decisions cost innocent people their freedom and, in some cases, their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from documented cases, court findings, and historical records, this book traces the patterns that made irreversible error possible: coerced confessions, mistaken eyewitness identifications, incentivized informant testimony, unreliable forensic science, and institutional resistance to admitting error.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not an argument built on theory or ideology.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a record built on names, timelines, and outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom teenagers pressured into confessing, to innocent fathers nearly executed, to men put to death before the truth emerged, \u003ci\u003eFlorida's Final Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a system that valued finality over accuracy-and certainty over truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book, you'll discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Florida produces more death-row exonerations than any other state\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow common investigative shortcuts become catastrophic in capital cases\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe role of false confessions, eyewitness error, and informant incentives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow delayed science and procedural barriers prolonged injustice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Florida's history reveals about the risks of irreversible punishment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlorida's Final Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e does not ask whether mistakes can happen.\u003cbr\u003eIt documents that they already have-and asks what that history demands going forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers interested in criminal justice, capital punishment, wrongful convictions, and institutional accountability, this book offers an unflinching examination of what happens when a fallible system is trusted with absolute power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carey Randall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245365558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Carey Randall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801256440063,"sku":"9798245365558","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/floridas-final-sentence-carey-randall-9798245365558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}