Convicting the Innocent - Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong

Informationen zum Autor Brandon L. Garrett is the L. Neil Williams, Jr., Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law. Klappentext DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. In this unsettling analysis, Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 people exonerated by DNA testing, and proposes systemic reforms. Zusammenfassung DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. In this unsettling analysis! Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 people exonerated by DNA testing! and proposes systemic reforms.

Product details

• Authors: Brandon L Garrett, Brandon L. Garrett, Garrett Brandon L.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2012
• EAN: 9780674066113
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06611-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Courts, LAW / Trial Practice, Forensic Science, Jurisprudence & general issues, Criminal procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Criminal law: procedure and offences