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

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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...

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Beteiligte: Medwed, Daniel S. (BeteiligteR)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York New York University Press c2012
In:Jahr: 2012
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Prosecutorial misconduct > United States
Judicial error > United States > United States
Judicial error > United States
LAW ; Criminal Law ; General
Judicial error
Prosecutorial misconduct
United States
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USA > Staatsanwalt > Strafjustiz > Justizirrtum
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Physische Details:Online Ressource
ISBN:978-0-8147-9625-2
0-8147-9625-7
978-0-8147-6435-0
0-8147-6435-5