Convicted but Innocent : Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy.

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Addressing the specific issues surrounding wrongful convictions and their implications for society, Convicted but Innocent includes: survey data concerning the possible magnitude of the problem and its causes; fascinating actual case samples; detailed analyses of the major factors associated with wr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Huff, Ronald
Otros Autores: Rattner, Arye, Sagarin, Edward, 1913-1986
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1996.
Temas:
Judicial error > United States.
False imprisonment > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Erreur judiciaire > États-Unis.
Séquestration > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Criminal justice, Administration of
False imprisonment
Judicial error
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover ; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1
  • With Apologies to the Prisoner; Defining the Convicted Innocents; Where Doubt Remains; Declared Innocent, and Still Incarcerated; Chapter 2
  • Causes Celebres; A Nineteenth-Century Case: The Dreyfus Affair; The Scottsboro Boys; The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping; The Sad Saga of Isidore Zimmerman; Randall Dale Adams: Injustice in Dallas; ""Ivan the Terrible, "" or a Terrible Case of Mistaken Identity?; Chapter 3
  • How Could Thi s Have Happened? The Causes and Prevalence of Wrongful Conviction; How Does It Happen?
  • Eyewitness ErrorProsecutorial and Police Misconduct and Errors; Plea Bargaining; Community Pressure for Conviction; Inadequacy of Counsel; Accusations Against the Innocent by the Guilty; Criminal Records; Race as a Factor; Chapter 4
  • What Did They Really See? The Problems of Eyewitness Identification; Psychological Factors; Systemic Factors; Societal and Cultural Factors; Conclusion; Chapter 5
  • False Confessions, Miranda Notwithstanding; The Bradley Cox Case; Chapter 6
  • Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy What Can Be Done?; Crime Control Versus Due Process.
  • What Is the Meaning of Wrongful Conviction?Reducing the Incidence of Wrongful Conviction; Identifying and Exonerating Convicted Innocents; Compensating and Reintegrating Convicted Innocents; Capital Punishment: The Irreversible Error; References; Cases; Index; About the Authors.

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