Wrongful death sentences : rethinking justice in capital cases / / Cathleen Burnett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462773203321
• Autore: Burnett Cathleen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2010; ©2010
• ISBN: 1-58826-920-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.73/0773
• Soggetti: Capital punishment - United States; Judicial error - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""2.1 Time Limitations for New Trials""; ""2.2 Characteristics of Federal Actual Innocence Standards""; ""3.1 Recommendations for Normative Behaviors for Police and Prosecutors""; ""4.1 States with Accomplice Connection to Death Penalty Statutes""; ""4.2 Recommendations for Reliability in Making the Prosecutionâ€?s Case""; ""6.1 Insanity Standards for Affirmative Defense in Death Penalty States""; ""6.2 Missouri Capital Cases with Psychological Claims""; ""Preface""; ""1-The Construction of Innocence: Introduction of a New Framework""; ""Organization of the Book""""The Traditional Language of Innocence""; ""The Models""; ""The Presumption of Innocence""; ""The New Framework""; ""The Spectrum of Innocence: Expanding the Magnitude of the Problem""; ""Notes""; ""2-Actual Innocence""; ""State and Federal Time Limitations and Grounds for Retrial""; ""Legal Standards for Claims of Actual Innocence""; ""Shifting Standards""; ""Do These Variations in Standards Make a Difference?""; ""Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Notes""; ""3-False Confessions andFalse Guilty Pleas""; ""False Confessions""; ""Plea Bargaining""; ""Conclusions and Recommendations""""Notes""; ""4-The Accomplice""; ""Legal Standards""; ""Does It Make a Difference?""; ""Conclusion and Recommendations: The Ends of Justice""; ""Notes""; ""5-Self-Defense""; ; ""Defenses""; ""Intentionality""; ""Self-Defense""; ""Effective Assistance of Counsel""; ""Costs""; ""Jury Behavior in Capital Trials""; ""Does It Make a Difference?""; ""Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Notes""; ""6-State of Mind""; ""Time of Crime""; ""Time of Trial""; ""Time of Execution""; ""Mens Rea""; ""Legal Insanity as an Affirmative Defense""; ""Jury Verdicts""; ""Research on Juries and the Insanity Defense""""Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Notes""; ""7-The Spectrum of Innocence: Focusing on Behavior""; ""Wider Implications""; ""Reforms""; ""What Is Next?""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""