Conviction machine : standing up to federal prosecutorial abuse /

"In 2009, Harvey A. Silverglate, a prominent criminal defense and civil liberties lawyer, published his landmark critique of the federal criminal justice system, Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent. In 2014, Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor in three districts under...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Powell, Sidney K., 1955- (Author), Silverglate, Harvey A., 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Encounter Books, 2020.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Prosecution > United States.
Public prosecutors > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Poursuites judiciaires > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
LAW / Civil Law.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
United States
Fairness in criminal justice
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Catch 22 : what talking to the FBI can do to you
  • There's nothing grand about grand juries : except their size
  • Acts of God : discovery and the hide-and-seek problem
  • What does the law require of us? : the conundrum of criminal intent
  • Plea bargaining : dancing with the devil
  • An offer he can't refuse : use immunity statutes
  • not backroom deals
  • to compel testimony
  • Prosecutorial misconduct : who will prosecute the prosecutor?
  • Where have all the judges gone? : federal courts have supervisory power over federal criminal justice, and it's high time they used it
  • Once is not enough : restore habeas corpus and coram nobis, repeal the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
  • Coda : action items for criminal justice reform.

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