LEADER 03784nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910460991003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-9625-7 010 $a0-8147-6435-5 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814764350 035 $a(CKB)2670000000151351 035 $a(EBL)865762 035 $a(OCoLC)778459185 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000640151 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11432455 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000640151 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10611621 035 $a(PQKB)11349336 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001324036 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865762 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19846 035 $a(DE-B1597)548012 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814764350 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865762 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535665 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000151351 100 $a20110913d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProsecution complex$b[electronic resource] $eAmerica's race to convict and its impact on the innocent /$fDaniel S. Medwed 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4798-9308-0 311 $a0-8147-9624-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCharging ahead -- In the interest of full disclosure : discovery in criminal cases -- Plea bargaining pitfalls -- Preparation and examination of witnesses -- Test tubes on trial : prosecutors and forensic evidence -- Closing the door on innocence : improper summations by prosecutors -- Prosecutorial resistance to post-conviction claims of innocence -- A closer look : prosecutors and post-conviction DNA testing -- In denial : the refusal of prosecutors to accept proof of an inmate's innocence. 330 $aAmerican prosecutors are asked to play two roles within the criminal justice system: they are supposed to be ministers of justice whose only goals are to ensure fair trials, whatever the outcomes of those trials might be?and they are also advocates of the government whose success rates are measured by how many convictions they get. Because of this second role, sometimes prosecutors suppress evidence in order to establish a defendant?s guilt and safeguard that conviction over time.Daniel S. Medwed, a nationally-recognized authority on wrongful convictions, has wrestled with these issues for nearly fifteen years, ever since he accepted a job as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society of New York City. Combining his hands-on experience in the courtroom and his role as a teacher and scholar in the classroom, Medwed shows how prosecutors are told to lock up criminals and protect the rights of defendants. This double role creates an institutional ?prosecution complex? that animates how district attorneys? offices treat potentially innocent defendants at all stages of the process?and that can cause prosecutors to aid in the conviction of the innocent. Ultimately, Prosecution Complex is not intended to portray prosecutors as rogue officials indifferent to the conviction of the innocent, but rather to explain why, while most prosecutors aim to do justice, only some hit that target consistently. 606 $aProsecutorial misconduct$zUnited States 606 $aJudicial error$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aProsecutorial misconduct 615 0$aJudicial error 676 $a345.73/05 700 $aMedwed$b Daniel S$01053236 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460991003321 996 $aProsecution complex$92485044 997 $aUNINA