In January, the American Constitution Society and the Second Look Program welcomed author Scott Christianson to the Law School to give a lecture based on his latest book, Innocent: Inside Wrongful Conviction Cases (2004). Christianson, who has held many positions in New York State criminal justice agencies, is the author of two other books on the justice and corrections systems: With Liberty for Some: 500 Years of Imprisonment in America (1998) and Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House (2000). In his latest book, he chronicles the cases of 12 men recently convicted of murder and rape in New York State. Factors that lead to wrongful convictions, said Christianson, include the indictment process (in some counties, indictment carries with it a 100 percent chance of conviction), false confessions, plea bargaining, and new technology that can be tampered with and is susceptible to error. Christianson discussed what he believes to be the severe under funding and poor quality of public defense in New York State as opposed to the “tremendous resources” given to law enforcement. This imbalance, he said, has produced a “tilt in the playing field” and has led to a higher incidence of wrongful convictions. He closed by praising the Second Look Clinic, adding that “it is a disgrace” that this type of work is not being performed throughout the state.