In Spite Of Innocence
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In Spite of Innocence
Author | : Michael L. Radelet,Hugo Adam Bedau,Constance E. Putnam |
Publsiher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1555531970 |
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The stories of some 400 innocent Americans who were falsely convicted of capital crimes.
The Innocence Protection Act of 2002
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Capital punishment |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D022385326 |
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The Innocence Commission
Author | : Jon B. Gould |
Publsiher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2009-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780814732267 |
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Beyond Exonerating the Innocent: Author on WAMU Radio Convicted Yet Innocent: The Legal Times Review Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2008 DNA testing and advances in forensic science have shaken the foundations of the U.S. criminal justice system. One of the most visible results is the exoneration of inmates who were wrongly convicted and incarcerated, many of them sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. This has caused a quandary for many states: how can claims of innocence be properly investigated and how can innocent inmates be reliably distinguished from the guilty? In answer, some states have created “innocence commissions” to establish policies and provide legal assistance to the improperly imprisoned. The Innocence Commission describes the creation and first years of the Innocence Commission for Virginia (ICVA), the second innocence commission in the nation and the first to conduct a systematic inquiry into all cases of wrongful conviction. Written by Jon B. Gould, the Chair of the ICVA, who is a professor of justice studies and an attorney, the author focuses on twelve wrongful conviction cases to show how and why wrongful convictions occur, what steps legal and state advocates took to investigate the convictions, how these prisoners were ultimately freed, and what lessons can be learned from their experiences. Gould recounts how a small band of attorneys and other advocates — in Virginia and around the country — have fought wrongful convictions in court, advanced the subject of wrongful convictions in the media, and sought to remedy the issue of wrongful convictions in the political arena. He makes a strong case for the need for Innocence Commissions in every state, showing that not only do Innocence Commissions help to identify weaknesses in the criminal justice system and offer workable improvements, but also protect society by helping to ensure that actual perpetrators are expeditiously identified, arrested, and brought to trial. Everyone has an interest in preventing wrongful convictions, from police officers and prosecutors, who seek the latest and best investigative techniques, to taxpayers, who want an efficient criminal justice system, to suspects who are erroneously pursued and sometimes convicted. Free of legal jargon and written for a general audience, The Innocence Commission is instructive, informative, and highly compelling reading.
The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence
Author | : Frank R. Baumgartner,Suzanna L. De Boef,Amber E. Boydstun |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 2008-01-07 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781139469203 |
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Since 1996, death sentences in America have declined by more than 60 percent, reversing a generation-long trend toward greater acceptance of capital punishment. In theory, most Americans continue to support the death penalty. But it is no longer seen as a theoretical matter. Prosecutors, judges, and juries across the country have moved in large numbers to give much greater credence to the possibility of mistakes - mistakes that in this arena are potentially fatal. The discovery of innocence, documented in this book through painstaking analyses of media coverage and with newly developed methods, has led to historic shifts in public opinion and to a sharp decline in use of the death penalty by juries across the country. A social cascade, starting with legal clinics and innocence projects, has snowballed into a national phenomenon that may spell the end of the death penalty in America.
Actual Innocence
Author | : Jim Dwyer,Peter J. Neufeld,Barry Scheck |
Publsiher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780385493413 |
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Ten true tales of people falsely accused detail the flaws in the criminal justice system that landed these people in prison
Innocence and the Death Penalty
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : PSU:000021866838 |
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Innocence and the Death Penalty
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : UCR:31210014065930 |
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Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Innocence and the Death Penalty
Author | : Richard C. Dieter |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Capital punishment |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105061860388 |
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Staff report issued on October 21, 1993 by the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, Committee on the Judiciary One Hundred Third Congress, First session.