The Supreme Court on trial : how the American justice system sacrifices innocent defendants / George C. Thomas III.

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

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