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Back from the dead : wrongful convictions and criminal justice in China /
China's party-run courts have one of the highest conviction rates in the world, with forced confessions remaining a central feature. Recounting some harrowing cases of wrongful conviction, acclaimed legal scholar and novelist He Jiahong analyses many problems in China's justice system.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Principal cases of wrongful conviction in China
- Part one. The misleading roads illustrated in the Teng Xingshan case (Back from the Dead I)
- The setting of inappropriately tight deadlines for solving criminal cases
- The 'from confession to evidence' model of criminal investigation
- The misinterpretation of scientific evidence
- The continued use of torture to extract confessions
- The one-sided and prejudicial collection of evidence
- Part two. The misleading roads illustrated in the She Xianglin case (Back from the Dead II)
- The bowing to public opinion in contradiction to legal principles
- The unlawfully extended custody with tunnel vision
- The nominal checks among the police, the procuratorate and the court
- The nominalization of courtroom trials
- The reduction of punishment in a case of doubt
- Part three. New developments in the criminal justice system following the Zhao Zuohai case (Back from the Dead III)
- The exclusionary rules against illegally obtained evidence
- From investigation centeredness to trial-centeredness
- Reform of the People's juror system
- Reform of the criminal retrial system
- Changing the mind-set for criminal justice.