| Controversies in Innocence Cases in America Contributor(s): Cooper, Sarah Lucy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138249114 ISBN-13: 9781138249110 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Law - General - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 345.730 |
| Series: Controversies in American Constitutional Law |
| Physical Information: 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Controversies in Innocence Cases in America brings together leading experts on the investigation, litigation, and scholarly analysis of innocence cases in America, from legal, political and ethical perspectives. The contributors, many of whom work on these cases daily, investigate contemporary issues presented by innocence cases and the exoneration movement as a whole. These issues include the challenges faced by the movement, causes of wrongful convictions, problems associated with investigating, proving, and defining 'innocence', and theories of reform. Each issue is placed within a multi-disciplinary perspective to provide cogent observations and recommendations for the effective handling of these cases, and for what changes should be adopted in order to improve the American criminal justice system when it is faced with its most harrowing sight: an innocent defendant. |
