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050 00 $aKF220$b.W76 2001
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245 00 $aWrongly convicted :$bperspectives on failed justice /$cedited by Saundra D. Westervelt, John A. Humphrey ; with a foreword by Michael L. Radelet.
260 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. :$bRutgers University Press,$cc2001.
300 $axiv, 301 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aForeword / Michael L. Radelet -- Introduction / John A. Humphrey and Saundra D. Westervelt -- Part I. Causes of wrongful convictions -- Misinformation and wrongful convictions / George Castelle and Elizabeth F. Loftus -- False confessions : causes, consequences, and solutions / Richard A. Leo -- From the jailhouse to the courthouse : the role of informants in wrongful convictions / Clifford S. Zimmerman -- The police role in wrongful convictions : an international comparative study / Diane L. Martin -- Part II. The social characteristics of the wrongly convicted -- Who are the wrongly convicted on death row? / William M. Holmes -- Racial bias and the conviction of the innocent / Karen F. Parker, Mari A. Dewees, and Michael L. Radelet -- Part III. The faces of the wrongly convicted : case studies -- More than a reasonable doubt : the trial and execution of Frank Ewing / Margaret Vandiver -- No appeal from the grave : innocence, capital punishment, and the lessons of history / James R. Acker, Thomas Brewer, Eamon Cunningham, Allison Fitzgerald, Jamie Flexon, Julie Lombard, Barbara Ryn, and Bivette Stodghill --Whodudnit? an examination of the production of wrongful convictions / William S. Lofquist Part IV. Visions for change in the twenty-first century Back from the courthouse : corrective measures to address the role of informants in wrongful convictions / Clifford Zimmerman -- Effective assistance of counsel / Adele Bernhard -- DNA and innocence scholorship / Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld -- The adversary system and historical accuracy : can we do better? / Daniel Givelber -- Erroneous convictions and the death penalty / Michael L. Radelet and Hugo Adam Bedau.
650 0 $aTrials$zUnited States.
650 0 $aJudicial error$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zUnited States.
700 1 $aWestervelt, Saundra Davis,$d1968-
700 1 $aHumphrey, John A.
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