CONVICTION ADDICTION:
How Justice Lost Its Moral Compass
Conviction Addiction: How Justice Lost Its Moral Compass is a piercing exposé into the dark heart of modern criminal justice. In an era where courtroom victories are celebrated like sporting triumphs, this book asks the uncomfortable question: when did conviction become more important than truth?
Drawing from the real-life story of Joseph Maxwell Spencer—falsely convicted in a case where no victim made an allegation and the lead investigator, Donna Hector, falsified evidence—this book explores how justice has devolved into spectacle, how institutional actors perform their roles with narcissistic zeal, and how the media colludes in turning pain into propaganda.
Through this book unflinching chapters, Conviction Addiction traces the historical, psychological, and legal descent into what Omolaja calls “conviction narcissism”—a cultural disease that rewards prosecution over principle, punishment over prevention, and applause over accountability.
From the ritual humiliation of sex offenders to the media’s complicity in public lynching, from the immunity of prosecutors to the collapse of evidentiary standards, this book calls for a radical reconditioning of justice. It challenges readers to rethink what it means to punish, to protect, and to heal.
In a world that claps at convictions, this book demands we bow our heads instead.
Let justice weep, so that it may one day heal.
Publication Date : July 22, 2025
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