
Controversies in Innocence Cases in America
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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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|37 pages
The Rise of the Innocence Movement in America
part II|81 pages
How Are Innocent People Convicted? Common Causes of Wrongful Convictions
chapter 4|16 pages
Disputed Interrogation Techniques in America
chapter 5|14 pages
Innocence and the Suppression of Exculpatory Evidence by Prosecutors
chapter 6|34 pages
The Two-Legged Stool
part III|52 pages
Reality Bites
chapter 7|16 pages
The Emerging Role of Innocence Lawyer and the Need for Role-Differentiated Standards of Professional Conduct
chapter 9|14 pages
Narrowing the Construction of “Innocence”
part IV|45 pages
Innocence Reform