Screen LibraryWrongful convictions and the DNA revolution : twenty-five years of freeing the innocent /
"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 300 innocent prisoners in the United States. This book examines the lessons learned from twenty-five years of DN...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"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 300 innocent prisoners in the United States. This book examines the lessons learned from twenty-five years of DNA exonerations and identifies lingering challenges."--Back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107129962 1107129966 |
| Index Number: | KF9756 |
| CLC: | D971.24 |
| Call Number: | D971.24/W957 |
| Contents: |
Foreword / Talking about a revolution : a quarter century of DNA exonerations / Innocence before DNA / A look back : what have we learned from twenty-five years of DNA exonerations? -- Convicting the innocent redux / Has the innocence movement become an exoneration movement? : the risks and rewards of redefining innocence / Negotiating accuracy : DNA in the age of plea bargaining / Reacting to recantations / A tale of two innocence clinics : client representation and legislative advocacy / How DNA has changed contemporary death penalty debates / What does innocence have to do with cruel and unusual punishment? / A glance ahead : what can be done to avoid wrongful convictions in the future? -- Flawed science and the new wave of innocents / Prosecutors : the thin last line protecting the innocents / Ineffective assistance of counsel and the innocence revolution : a standards-based approach / Post-conviction procedure : the next frontier in innocence reform / Can we protect the innocent without freeing the guilty? : thoughts on innocence reforms that avoid harmful tradeoffs / Retrospective justice in the age of innocence : the hard case of rape executions / Outbreaks of injustice : responding to systemic irregularities in the criminal justice system / Exonerating the innocent : habeas for nonhuman animals / The global innocence movement / Innocence at war / |