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

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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Contributors: Medwed, Daniel S. (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New York New York University Press c2012
In:Year: 2012
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Keywords:
Prosecutorial misconduct > United States
Judicial error > United States > United States
Judicial error > United States
LAW ; Criminal Law ; General
Judicial error
Prosecutorial misconduct
United States
Electronic books
USA > Staatsanwalt > Strafjustiz > Justizirrtum
eBook-EBSCO-eBook-Academic-Collection
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Physical Description:Online Ressource
ISBN:9780814796252
0814796257
9780814764350
0814764355