Prosecution complex : America's race to convict and its impact on the innocent /

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American prosecutors are asked to play two roles within the criminal justice system: they are supposed to be ministers of justice whose only goals are to ensure fair trials, whatever the outcomes of those trials might be--and they are also advocates of the government whose success rates are measured...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Medwed, Daniel S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies.
Subjects:
Prosecutorial misconduct > United States.
Judicial error > United States.
Abus des procureurs du ministère public > États-Unis.
Erreur judiciaire > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Judicial error
Prosecutorial misconduct
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Charging ahead
  • In the interest of full disclosure : discovery in criminal cases
  • Plea bargaining pitfalls
  • Preparation and examination of witnesses
  • Test tubes on trial : prosecutors and forensic evidence
  • Closing the door on innocence : improper summations by prosecutors
  • Prosecutorial resistance to post-conviction claims of innocence
  • A closer look : prosecutors and post-conviction DNA testing
  • In denial : the refusal of prosecutors to accept proof of an inmate's innocence.

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