Murder that wasn't : the case of George Gwaze / / George Gwaze, Felicity Goodyear-Smith

• Autore: Gwaze George
• Pubblicazione: Dunedin, New Zealand : , : Otago University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.1523099383
• Soggetto topico: Evidence, Criminal - New Zealand; Judicial error - New Zealand
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): Goodyear-SmithFelicity
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword Mark Henaghan and Harlene Hayne; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Prologue; Chapter 1: Who is Charlene?; Chapter 2: Charlene's final illness; 24 Hour Surgery in Bealey Avenue; The Emergency Department; Chapter 3: A change of diagnosis; In intensive care; Chapter 4: The family's life changes forever; Initial police investigations; The autopsy; The investigation continues; Child, Youth and Family involvement; Charlene is buried and the family returns home; Sperm on the underpants; Chapter 5: After the arrest ; Investigations continueDepositions; Chapter 6: Enter expert witnesses for the defence; My role as medical adviser for the case; Assessing the forensic science; A dearth of expert witnesses in New Zealand; Chapter 7: The first trial; The case for the prosecution; Evidence by hearsay; The case for the defence; Chapter 8: Short-lived freedom; Post-trial report commissioned by the Crown; Family Court hearing; Hearing in the Court of Appeal; On to the Supreme Court; Chapter 9: The waiting days; Four years in limbo; Earthquakes; Chapter 10: Further forensic testing; Explaining the forensic science ; Results of the DNA testsPetroleum jelly; Chapter 11: Expert medical witnesses for the second trial; Professor Sebastian Lucas, world expert in HIV histopathology; Professor Michael Sharland, expert in infectious diseases in children; Dr Simon Nadel, children's intensive care consultant; Dr Nathaniel Cary, Home Office forensic pathologist; Dr David Hammer, microbiologist; Chapter 12: Double jeopardy in action; The retrial; Witnesses called by the Crown; Medical expert witnesses called by the Crown; Forensic scientist witnesses called by the Crown; Further Crown evidence from police ; Case for the defenceThe verdict; Chapter 13: Legal ramifications; The influence of medical opinion on the investigation; Medical expert witnesses for the prosecution; Timing of the briefs provided by the Crown expert witnesses; Difficulty obtaining expert witnesses for the defence; Reliance on DNA evidence; The challenge of double jeopardy; Majority verdicts; Publication of the case in the scientific literature; Chapter 14: Good versus bad science; Good science tests hypotheses; With the best of intentions; Evidence gathering by the ESR; Reporting and interpretation of the clinical findings ; Autopsy focused on sexual trauma and suffocationWhen does good science turn bad?; Chapter 15: Conclusion; Shared idée fixe; Hickam's Dictum not Occam's Razor; Did racism play a role?; What did it all cost?; Aftermath; Notes; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Murder that wasn't
• ISBN: 1-927322-77-4; 1-927322-78-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910480178703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II