American legal injustice : behind the scenes with an expert witness / Emanuel Tanay ; foreword by Robert I. Simon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanay, Emanuel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Forensic psychiatrists.

United States.

Forensic psychiatry--United States.

Forensic psychiatry.

Forensic psychiatrists--United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : J. Aronson, [2010]

Summary:

Forensic psychiatrist Emanuel Tanay has testified in thousands of court cases as an expert witness. Tanay provides a 'behind-the-scenes' view of our criminal justice system and clear examples of the rampant injustice that he has witnessed. He argues that the potential for injustice is built into our legal system in the form of incompetent lawyers, the imbalance of resources between the pricey defense lawyers hired by large corporations in civil trials and the inexperienced lawyers often hired by plaintiffs, and the political concerns of elected judges and prosecutors.

Contents:

Introduction

The roots of injustice

Science and the law

The litigation process

The cause and mode of death : a mistaken determination of suicide

A killing is a killing is a killing, unless it isn't : varieties of homicide

Ted Bundy : the pleasure of cruelty

Innocent and on death row : Sterling Spann

The Sam Sheppard saga

The legacy of the John Hinckley, Jr., verdict

Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald : the homicidal spectrum

Andrea Yates : sanity based on insanity

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780765707758

0765707756

9780765707772

0765707772

OCLC:

466358841