| Description |
1 online resource |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies
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| Contents |
Charging ahead -- In the interest of full disclosure : discovery in criminal cases -- Plea bargaining pitfalls -- Preparation and examination of witnesses -- Test tubes on trial : prosecutors and forensic evidence -- Closing the door on innocence : improper summations by prosecutors -- Prosecutorial resistance to post-conviction claims of innocence -- A closer look : prosecutors and post-conviction DNA testing -- In denial : the refusal of prosecutors to accept proof of an inmate's innocence |
| Summary |
American prosecutors are asked to play two roles within the criminal justice system: they are supposed to be ministers of justice whose only goals are to ensure fair trials, whatever the outcomes of those trials might be--and they are also advocates of the government whose success rates are measured by how many convictions they get. Because of this second role, sometimes prosecutors suppress evidence in order to establish a defendant's guilt and safeguard that conviction over time. Daniel S. Medwed, a recognized authority on wrongful convictions, has wrestled with these issues for nearly fifte |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Prosecutorial misconduct -- United States
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Judicial error -- United States
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Judicial error
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Prosecutorial misconduct
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011038155 |
| ISBN |
9780814796252 |
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0814796257 |
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9780814764350 |
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0814764355 |
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