Convicting The Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong Brandon L Garrett Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Science

On January 20 1984 Earl Washington—Defended For All Of Forty Minutes By A Lawyer Who Had Never Tried Death Penalty Case—Was Found Guilty Rape And Murder In The State Virginia Sentenced To After Nine Years Row Dna Testing Cast Doubt His Conviction Saved Life However He Spent Another Eight Prison Before More Sophisticated Technology Proved Innocence Convicted Man Exonerations Have Shattered Confidence Criminal Justice System Exposing How Often We Innocent Let Walk Free This Unsettling In-Depth Analysis Brandon Garrett Examines What Went Wrong Cases First 250 Wrongfully People Be Exonerated Based Trial Transcripts Garrett’s Investigation Into Causes Wrongful Convictions Reveals Larger Patterns Incompetence Abuse Error Evidence Corrupted Suggestive Eyewitness Procedures Coercive Interrogations Unsound Unreliable Forensics Shoddy Investigative Practices Cognitive Bias Poor Lawyering Illustrates Weaknesses Built Our Current Proposes Practical Reforms That Rely Documented Recorded Audited Less Fallible Human Memory Very Few Crimes Committed United States Involve Biological Can Tested Using Many Unjust Are There Will Discover? Convicting Makes Powerful Case Systemic Improve Accuracy Σελίδες: 376 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0903 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm