Exonerated: a history of the innocence movement

Introduction: innocence and the American criminal justice system -- Part I. The history of the innocence movement -- "Voices in the wilderness": the beginning of innocence -- "A eureka moment" : DNA, the Legal System, and the meaning of innocence -- "We're all together...

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Autor principal: Norris, Robert J. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York NY New York University Press [2017]
En:Año: 2017
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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UB: KB 20 A 8824
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Bewegung
Criminal justice, Administration of > History > United States
False imprisonment > Law and legislation > History > United States
Fehlurteil
Historische Entwicklung
Judicial error > History > United States
Organisation
Post-conviction remedies > History > United States
USA
USA > Justizirrtum > Prävention > Geschichte
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Sumario:Introduction: innocence and the American criminal justice system -- Part I. The history of the innocence movement -- "Voices in the wilderness": the beginning of innocence -- "A eureka moment" : DNA, the Legal System, and the meaning of innocence -- "We're all together on this" : expanding the network, becoming a movement -- Part II. Innocence as a social movement -- "It did go against the grain" : the foundations of a movement -- "It's just justice . . . real justice" : the emergence of a movement -- The "new civil rights"? reaching beyond innocence -- Conclusion : the challenges ahead and the future of innocence -- Appendix : Data, methods, and limitations
Notas:Enthält Literaturangaben und Index
Descripción Física:x, 289 Seiten
ISBN:9781479886272
1479886270