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The Innocence Commission : preventing wrongful convictions and restoring the criminal justice system / / Jon B. Gould



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Autore: Gould Jon B Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Innocence Commission : preventing wrongful convictions and restoring the criminal justice system / / Jon B. Gould Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
Disciplina: 347.755/012
Soggetto topico: Judicial error - Virginia
Criminal justice, Administration of - Virginia
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: History and background -- The Innocence Commission for Virginia -- The cases -- An unmet obligation -- Putting it together.
Sommario/riassunto: Beyond Exonerating the Innocent: Author on WAMU Radio. Convicted Yet Innocent: The Legal Times Review. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2008. DNA testing and advances in forensic science have shaken the foundations of the U.S. criminal justice system. One of the most visible results is the exoneration of inmates who were wrongly convicted and incarcerated, many of them sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. This has caused a quandary for many states: how can claims of innocence be properly investigated and how can innocent inmates be reliably distinguished from the guilty? In
Titolo autorizzato: The Innocence Commission  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-3306-9
0-8147-3204-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808335603321
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