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Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution - Twenty-Five Years of Freeing the Innocent (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,419
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Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution - Twenty-Five Years of Freeing the Innocent (Hardcover): Daniel S. Medwed

Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution - Twenty-Five Years of Freeing the Innocent (Hardcover)

Daniel S. Medwed

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For centuries, most people believed the criminal justice system worked - that only guilty defendants were convicted. DNA technology shattered that belief. DNA has now freed more than three hundred innocent prisoners in the United States. This book examines the lessons learned from twenty-five years of DNA exonerations and identifies lingering challenges. By studying the dataset of DNA exonerations, we know that precise factors lead to wrongful convictions. These include eyewitness misidentifications, false confessions, dishonest informants, poor defense lawyering, weak forensic evidence, and prosecutorial misconduct. In Part I, scholars discuss the efforts of the Innocence Movement over the past quarter century to expose the phenomenon of wrongful convictions and to implement lasting reforms. In Part II, another set of researchers looks ahead and evaluates what still needs to be done to realize the ideal of a more accurate system.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2017
Editors: Daniel S. Medwed
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-12996-2
Categories: Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society
Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history
Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Foundations of law > General
Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal skills & practice > General
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LSN: 1-107-12996-6
Barcode: 9781107129962

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