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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):
- Judicial review--United States.
- Judicial review.
- Judgments, Criminal--United States.
- Judgments, Criminal.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Due process of law--United States.
- Due process of law.
- False imprisonment--United States.
- False imprisonment.
- Law and fact--United States.
- Law and fact.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Has the American criminal justice system abandoned its duty to protect the innocent?.
- 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:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-59773-6
- 9786612597732
- 0-472-02608-9
- OCLC:
- 593287245
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