1 option
Prosecution complex : America's race to convict and its impact on the innocent / Daniel S. Medwed.
LIBRA KF9640 .M43 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Medwed, Daniel S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prosecutorial misconduct--United States.
- Prosecutorial misconduct.
- Judicial error--United States.
- Judicial error.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 229 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Pt. I. Fair play? Prosecutorial behavior prior to trial
- Charging ahead
- In the interest of full disclosure : discovery in criminal cases
- Plea bargaining pitfalls
- Pt. II. Beyond a reasonable doubt? Reasons to doubt prosecutorial conduct during trial
- Preparation and examination of witnesses
- Test tubes on trial : prosecutors and forensic evidence
- Closing the door on innocence : improper summations by prosecutors
- Pt. III. The fallacy of finality : prosecutors and post-conviction claims of innocence
- Prosecutorial resistance to post-conviction claims of innocence
- A closer look : prosecutors and post-conviction DNA testing
- In denial : prosecutors' refusal to accept proof of an inmate's innocence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814796245
- 0814796249
- 9780814796252
- 0814796257
- 9780814764350
- 0814764355
- OCLC:
- 733232561
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.