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Wrongly convicted : perspectives on failed justice / edited by Saundra D. Westervelt, John A. Humphrey ; with a foreword by Michael L. Radelet. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials--United States.
- Trials.
- Judicial error--United States.
- Judicial error.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 301 p. )
- Other Title:
- Wrongly Convicted
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2001.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Michael L. Radelet
- Introduction / John A. Humphrey and Saundra D. Westervelt
- Part I. Causes of wrongful convictions
- Misinformation and wrongful convictions / George Castelle and Elizabeth F. Loftus
- False confessions : causes, consequences, and solutions / Richard A. Leo
- From the jailhouse to the courthouse : the role of informants in wrongful convictions / Clifford S. Zimmerman
- The police role in wrongful convictions : an international comparative study / Diane L. Martin
- Part II. The social characteristics of the wrongly convicted
- Who are the wrongly convicted on death row? / William M. Holmes
- Racial bias and the conviction of the innocent / Karen F. Parker, Mari A. Dewees, and Michael L. Radelet
- Part III. The faces of the wrongly convicted : case studies
- More than a reasonable doubt : the trial and execution of Frank Ewing / Margaret Vandiver
- No appeal from the grave : innocence, capital punishment, and the lessons of history / James R. Acker, Thomas Brewer, Eamon Cunningham, Allison Fitzgerald, Jamie Flexon, Julie Lombard, Barbara Ryn, and Bivette Stodghill
- Whodudnit? an examination of the production of wrongful convictions / William S. Lofquist Part IV. Visions for change in the twenty-first century Back from the courthouse : corrective measures to address the role of informants in wrongful convictions / Clifford Zimmerman
- Effective assistance of counsel / Adele Bernhard
- DNA and innocence scholorship / Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld
- The adversary system and historical accuracy : can we do better? / Daniel Givelber
- Erroneous convictions and the death penalty / Michael L. Radelet and Hugo Adam Bedau.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8135-2952-2
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