03108nam 2200637Ia 450 991078002250332120230422042547.00-8147-6870-90-585-42497-710.18574/nyu/9780814768709(CKB)111056486728306(EBL)865826(OCoLC)780425931(SSID)ssj0000262253(PQKBManifestationID)11210136(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262253(PQKBWorkID)10286436(PQKB)11710638(MiAaPQ)EBC865826(OCoLC)50760656(MdBmJHUP)muse10488(Au-PeEL)EBL865826(CaPaEBR)ebr10032498(DE-B1597)548376(DE-B1597)9780814768709(EXLCZ)9911105648672830619990311d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTrials without truth[electronic resource] why our system of criminal trials has become an expensive failure and what we need to do to rebuild it /William T. PizziNew York ;London New York University Pressc19991 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-6650-1 0-8147-6649-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and index.Soccer, football, and trial systems -- Technicalities and truth : the exclusionary rule -- Truth and the amount of evidence available at trial -- Trial system in trouble -- Discovering who we are : a look at four different trial systems -- Criminal trials in the United States: trials without truth -- Trials without truth : weak trial judges -- The Supreme Court : an institutional failure -- Weak trial system : who benefits? -- Juries : the loss of public confidence -- Starting down the path to reform.Reginald Denny. O. J. Simpson. Colin Ferguson. Louise Woodward: all names that have cast a spotlight on the deficiencies of the American system of criminal justice. Yet, in the wake of each trial that exposes shocking behavior by trial participants or results in counterintuitive rulings-often with perverse results-the American public is reassured by the trial bar that the case is not ""typical"" and that our trial system remains the best in the world. William T. Pizzi here argues that what the public perceives is in fact exactly what the United States has: a trial system that places far too muCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesTrial practiceUnited StatesCriminal courtsUnited StatesCriminal justice, Administration ofTrial practiceCriminal courts345.7305Pizzi William T.1943-1539727MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780022503321Trials without truth3790759UNINA