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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 psychiatry--United States.
- Forensic psychiatry.
- Forensic psychiatrists--United States.
- Forensic psychiatrists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : J. Aronson, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Law Under Scrutiny; Chapter 1: The Roots of Injustice; Chapter 2: Science and the Law; Chapter 3: The Litiga oocess
- Part II: guilty unless proven innocent
- Chapter 4: The Cause and Mode of Death
- Chapter 5: A Killing Is a Killing Is a Killing-Unless It Isn't
- Chapter 6: Ted Bundy
- Chapter 7: Innocent and on Death Row
- Chapter 8: The Sam Sheppard Saga
- Chapter 9: The Legacy of the John Hinckley, Jr., Verdict
- Chapter 10: Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald
- Chapter 11: Anrea Yates
- Epilogue
- About t
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-30627-6
- 1-283-21380-X
- 9786613213808
- 0-7657-0777-2
- OCLC:
- 705538977
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