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Prosecution complex : America's race to convict and its impact on the innocent

By Daniel S , Medwed

Book information

Publisher
New York University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780814764350, 0814764355, 9780814796252, 0814796257
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1930226 bytes)
Pages
240\240
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Prosecutorial misconduct -- United States. Judicia

Description

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. Read more... Abstract: Shows how, while most prosecutors aim to do justice, only some hit that target consistently. Read more...

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