Prosecution Complex : : America's Race to Convict and Its Impact on the Innocent / / Daniel S. Medwed.
American prosecutors are asked to play two roles within the criminal justice system: they are supposed to be ministers of justice whose only goals are to ensure fair trials-and they are also advocates of the government whose success rates are measured by how many convictions they get. Because of thi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Fair Play? Prosecutorial Behavior Prior to Trial
- Introduction
- 1 Charging Ahead
- 2 In the Interest of Full Disclosure: Discovery in Criminal Cases
- 3 Plea Bargaining Pitfalls
- Part II Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? Reasons to Doubt Prosecutorial Conduct during Trial
- Introduction
- 4 Preparation and Examination of Witnesses
- 5 Test Tubes on Trial: Prosecutors and Forensic Evidence
- 6 Closing the Door on Innocence: Improper Summations by Prosecutors
- Part III The Fallacy of Finality: Prosecutors and Post-Conviction Claims of Innocence
- Introduction
- 7 Prosecutorial Resistance to Post-Conviction Claims of Innocence
- 8 A Closer Look: Prosecutors and Post-Conviction DNA Testing
- 9 In Denial: Prosecutors’ Refusal to Accept Proof of an Inmate’s Innocence
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author