Wrongful conviction international perspectives on miscarriages of justice /
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
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c2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias
- Wrongful conviction and moral panic: national and international perspectives on organized child sexual abuse / Randall Grometstein
- Judicial error and forensic science: pondering the contribution of DNA evidence / Beatrice Schiffer and Christophe Champod
- Wrongful convictions in the United States / C. Ronald Huff
- The adversary system and wrongful conviction / Marvin Zalman
- Fatal errors: compelling claims of executions of the innocent in the post-Furman era / William S. Lofquist and Talia R. Harmon
- The fallibility of justice in Canada: a critical examination of conviction review / Kathryn M. Campbell
- Wrongful convictions in Switzerland: the experience of a continental law country / Martin Killias
- The vulnerability of Dutch criminal procedure to wrongful conviction / Chrisje Brants
- Criminal justice and miscarriages of justice in England and Wales / Clive Walker and Carole McCartney
- A comparative analysis of prosecution in Germany and the United Kingdom: searching for truth or getting a conviction? / Isabel Kessler
- Wrongful convictions in France: the limits of "pourvoi en révision" / Nathalie Dongois
- The sanctity of criminal law: thoughts and reflections on wrongful conviction in Israel / Arye Rattner
- Wrongful convictions in Poland: from the communist era to the Rechtstaat experience / Emil W. Plywaczewski, Adam Górski, and Andrzej Sakowicz
- Wrongful conviction: conclusions from an international overview / C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias.