03561nam 2200625 a 450 991077885140332120161219111339.01-4522-3628-31-322-41356-81-4522-2117-00-8039-5953-20-585-25444-3(CKB)111004366831232(EBL)996379(OCoLC)809771821(SSID)ssj0000130323(PQKBManifestationID)12052986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130323(PQKBWorkID)10080648(PQKB)10645457(MiAaPQ)EBC996379(OCoLC)45727338(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085204(EXLCZ)9911100436683123220120521d1996 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrConvicted but innocent[electronic resource] wrongful conviction and public policy /C. Ronald Huff, Arye Rattner, Edward SagarinThousand Oaks, Calif. ;London SAGEc19961 online resource (xxiii, 180 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4522-2054-9 0-8039-5952-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-166) and index.Cover ; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - With Apologies to the Prisoner; Defining the Convicted Innocents; Where Doubt Remains; Declared Innocent, and Still Incarcerated; Chapter 2 - Causes Celebres; A Nineteenth-Century Case: The Dreyfus Affair; The Scottsboro Boys; The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping; The Sad Saga of Isidore Zimmerman; Randall Dale Adams: Injustice in Dallas; ""Ivan the Terrible,"" or a Terrible Case of Mistaken Identity?; Chapter 3 - How Could This Have Happened ? The Causes and Prevalence of Wrongful Conviction; How Does It Happen?Eyewitness Error Prosecutorial and Police Misconduct and Errors; Plea Bargaining; Community Pressure for Conviction; Inadequacy of Counsel; Accusations Against the Innocent by the Guilty; Criminal Records; Race as a Factor; Chapter 4 - What Did They Really See? The Problems of Eyewitness Identification; Psychological Factors; Systemic Factors; Societal and Cultural Factors; Conclusion; Chapter 5 - False Confessions , Miranda Notwithstanding; The Bradley Cox Case; Chapter 6 - Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy What Can Be Done?; Crime Control Versus Due ProcessWhat Is the Meaning of Wrongful Conviction? Reducing the Incidence of Wrongful Conviction; Identifying and Exonerating Convicted Innocents; Compensating and Reintegrating Convicted Innocents; Capital Punishment: The Irreversible Error; References; Cases; Index; About the AuthorsThis book addresses specific issues surrounding wrongful convictions, and their implications for society. It provides detailed analyses of the major factors associated with wrongful conviction & recommendations for reducing their occurrence.Judicial errorUnited StatesCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesJudicial errorCriminal justice, Administration of364.1092273Huff C. Ronald556600Rattner Arye556601Sagarin Edward1913-1986.90641StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910778851403321Convicted but innocent987560UNINA