| Description |
xiv, 301 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Michael L. Radelet -- Introduction / John A. Humphrey and Saundra D. Westervelt -- Part I. Causes of wrongful convictions -- Misinformation and wrongful convictions / George Castelle and Elizabeth F. Loftus -- False confessions : causes, consequences, and solutions / Richard A. Leo -- From the jailhouse to the courthouse : the role of informants in wrongful convictions / Clifford S. Zimmerman -- The police role in wrongful convictions : an international comparative study / Diane L. Martin -- Part II. The social characteristics of the wrongly convicted -- Who are the wrongly convicted on death row? / William M. Holmes -- Racial bias and the conviction of the innocent / Karen F. Parker, Mari A. Dewees, and Michael L. Radelet -- Part III. The faces of the wrongly convicted : case studies -- More than a reasonable doubt : the trial and execution of Frank Ewing / Margaret Vandiver -- No appeal from the grave : innocence, capital punishment, and the lessons of history / James R. Acker, Thomas Brewer, Eamon Cunningham, Allison Fitzgerald, Jamie Flexon, Julie Lombard, Barbara Ryn, and Bivette Stodghill -- Whodudnit? an examination of the production of wrongful convictions / William S. Lofquist Part IV. Visions for change in the twenty-first century Back from the courthouse : corrective measures to address the role of informants in wrongful convictions / Clifford Zimmerman -- Effective assistance of counsel / Adele Bernhard -- DNA and innocence scholarship / Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld -- The adversary system and historical accuracy : can we do better? / Daniel Givelber -- Erroneous convictions and the death penalty / Michael L. Radelet and Hugo Adam Bedau. |
| Subject |
Trials -- United States.
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Judicial error -- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Westervelt, Saundra Davis, 1968-
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Humphrey, John A.
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| ISBN |
0813529514 alkaline paper |
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0813529522 paperback alkaline paper |
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