Tucker Carrington

About the Author

Tucker Carrington is a distinguished attorney, author, and advocate for criminal justice reform, with a career dedicated to exposing systemic flaws in the American legal system. As the founding director of the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law, he has worked tirelessly to exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals and challenge flawed forensic practices. Drawing from his extensive experience in appellate litigation and death penalty cases, Carrington brings a sharp, investigative lens to his writing, blending rigorous research with compelling narrative to illuminate the human cost of injustice. His debut book, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, chronicles a harrowing tale of flawed science and racial bias in Mississippi's courtrooms, earning widespread acclaim for its unflinching portrayal of a broken system and its impact on vulnerable communities.