LEADER 03026nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910455679103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-6870-9 010 $a0-585-42497-7 035 $a(CKB)111056486728306 035 $a(EBL)865826 035 $a(OCoLC)780425931 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000262253 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11210136 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262253 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10286436 035 $a(PQKB)11710638 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865826 035 $a(OCoLC)50760656 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10488 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865826 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10032498 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486728306 100 $a19990311d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTrials without truth$b[electronic resource] $ewhy our system of criminal trials has become an expensive failure and what we need to do to rebuild it /$fWilliam T. Pizzi 210 $aNew York ;$aLondon $cNew York University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (269 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-6650-1 311 $a0-8147-6649-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and index. 327 $aSoccer, 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. 330 $aReginald 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 mu 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zUnited States 606 $aTrial practice$zUnited States 606 $aCriminal courts$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of 615 0$aTrial practice 615 0$aCriminal courts 676 $a345.7305 700 $aPizzi$b William T.$f1943-$01056616 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455679103321 996 $aTrials without truth$92491132 997 $aUNINA