Contributions

  • Redlich, Allison D. - Contributor

Publication

2011 - Carolina Academic Press, Durham, N.C, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

164,500 words, Guess

Page Count

658 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC345.73/05
  • LCCKF9756 .A25 2011

Description

Authors Acker and Redlich (criminal justice, U. at Albany) discuss law, science, and policy as it relates to wrongful conviction in the American criminal justice system. They cover correlates, causes, consequences, and the incidence of wrongful convictions, and offer recommendations for reform. Specific topics include eyewitness identification, false confessions, prosecutors and police, preservation of evidence, defense counsel, scientific and forensic evidence, informants, adjudication, capital cases, and clemency, innocence commissions, and compensation. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Subjects

Topics

Clemency345.73/05Judicial errorKf9756 .a25 2011Clemency--united statesJudicial error--united statesCompensation for judicial error

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