Smoke but no fire : convicting the innocent of crimes that never happened /

"Rodricus Crawford was convicted and sentenced to die for the murder by suffocation of his beautiful baby boy. After years on death row, evidence confirmed what Crawford had claimed all along: he was innocent, and his son had died from an undiagnosed illness. Crawford is not alone. A full one-t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Henry, Jessica S., 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Temas:
Judicial error > United States.
False imprisonment > United States.
Erreur judiciaire > États-Unis.
Séquestration > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
False imprisonment
Judicial error
United States
conviction.
cops.
crime.
criminal justice system.
exoneration.
eyewitnesses.
flawed.
forensic experts.
informants.
innocence.
law.
lies.
planted evidence.
police.
practical solutions.
problematic.
reform.
wrongful imprisonment.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : phantom crimes
  • Forensic error : misclassified murders and mislabeled crimes
  • False accusations : when lies become courtroom truths
  • Police : crossing "the thin blue line"
  • Prosecutors : winning, at all costs
  • Defense lawyers : drowning in cases
  • Judges : tilting the scales of justice
  • Misdemeanors : not minor matters
  • Conclusion : clearing the smoke

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