03593nam 2200697 450 991082717610332120230120080344.01-315-57410-11-317-16003-71-317-16002-91-4094-6355-9(CKB)2560000000141608(EBL)1589682(SSID)ssj0001131937(PQKBManifestationID)11663043(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001131937(PQKBWorkID)11146368(PQKB)10317663(Au-PeEL)EBL1589682(CaPaEBR)ebr10856116(CaONFJC)MIL922596(OCoLC)875819042(Au-PeEL)EBL5293887(CaONFJC)MIL603144(OCoLC)961653951(MiAaPQ)EBC1589682(MiAaPQ)EBC5293887(EXLCZ)99256000000014160820140415h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrControversies in innocence cases in America /edited by Sarah Lucy CooperFarnham, Surrey, England ;Burlington, Vermont :Ashgate,2014.©20141 online resource (247 p.)Controversies in American Constitutional LawIncludes index.1-4094-6354-0 Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Part I: The Rise of the Innocence Movement in America; 1 Innocence Found: The New Revolution in American Criminal Justice; 2 The Innocence Network: From Beginning to Branding; Part II: How Are Innocent People Convicted? Common Causes of Wrongful Convictions; 3 Eyewitnesses and Erroneous Convictions: An American Conundrum; 4 Disputed Interrogation Techniques in America; 5 Innocence and the Suppression of Exculpatory Evidence by Prosecutors; 6 The Two-Legged StoolPart III: Reality Bites: Problems with Investigating, Proving and Defining Innocence7 The Emerging Role of Innocence Lawyer; 8 When Finality and Innocence Collide; 9 Narrowing the Construction of "Innocence": Societal and Constitutional Consequences; Part IV: Innocence Reform; 10 Towards a Theory of Innocence Policy Reform; 11 Innocence Commissions in America: Ten Years After; IndexThis volume brings together leading experts on the investigation, litigation and scholarly analysis of innocence cases in America, from legal, political and ethical perspectives. The contributors consider the challenges faced by the exoneration movement, causes of wrongful convictions, problems associated with investigating, proving, and defining 'innocence', and theories of reform. These issues are investigated from a multi-disciplinary perspective and with the aim of improving the American criminal justice system when it is faced with its most harrowing sight: an innocent defendant.Controversies in American Constitutional LawJudicial errorUnited StatesFalse imprisonmentUnited StatesCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesJudicial errorFalse imprisonmentCriminal justice, Administration of345.73/0122Cooper Sarah Lucy1702290Cooper Sarah LucyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827176103321Controversies in innocence cases in America4086718UNINA