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The Supreme Court on trial : how the American justice system sacrifices innocent defendants / George C. Thomas III.
LIBRA KF9685 .T48 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, George C. (George Conner), 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judgments, Criminal--United States.
- Judicial review--United States.
- Judicial review.
- Law and fact.
- False imprisonment.
- Judgments, Criminal.
- United States.
- False imprisonment--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Due process of law--United States.
- Due process of law.
- Law and fact--United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 307 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Innocence ignored
- The fundamental value of due process
- In the beginning : God, juries, and God again
- Truth from juries : William the Conqueror, Henry II, and the Catholic church
- Truth from juries : America before the twentieth century
- In God's name : is that the man?
- Truth from procedure : the Supreme Court tries a new tack
- Looking for truth in unexpected places
- The hitch-hiker's guide to protecting innocence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780472116188
- 0472116185
- OCLC:
- 179794207
- Online:
- Publisher description
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