Virtual justice : the flawed prosecution of crime in America /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Uviller, H. Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1996.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
LAW > General.
Criminal justice, Administration of
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Overview of the American criminal justice system
  • Virtual legality in the field : fact gathering at the scene of the crime
  • The magical moment of arrest : capture and custody
  • The marvelous faculty of recognition : eyewitness identification of a suspect
  • The exclusionary rule : the fabled doctrine, its baleful side effects, and a generally ignored technological remedy
  • Stops of people and vehicles : some radical proposals to get the guns off the streets
  • Privacy and privilege : defeating truth in the name of justice
  • The right to counsel : dramatic, deceitful, and dilatory assistance
  • Executive discretion : hard choices and the role of the prosecutor
  • Plea bargaining : cheap crimes, costly trials
  • Picking the jury : stacking the randomly drawn panel
  • Character as a guide to conduct and credibility : a grotesque structure adorns the legal landscape
  • Of witnesses and jurors : a tale of confidence and error
  • Jury nullification : the insanity defense and other avoidances
  • The judge : promoting the quest for truth in the adversary mode
  • Conclusion.

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