The Supreme Court on Trial: How the American Justice System Sacrifices Innocent Defendants: How the American Justice System Sacrifices Inncent Defendants - Softcover

Thomas, George C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0472034839 ISBN 13: 9780472034833

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2008

Synopsis

Presents a range of historical, empirical, and documentary evidence to conclude that the American criminal justice system has its duty to protect the innocent. This book argues that the courts' efforts to protect privacy and autonomy result in thousands of wrongful convictions every year.

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The Supreme Court on Trial Has the American criminal justice system abandoned its duty to protect the innocent?

Synopsis:

Has the American criminal justice system abandoned its duty to protect the innocent?"The Supreme Court on Trial" calls upon an impressive range of historical, empirical, and documentary evidence to conclude that our criminal justice system has done just that. Criminal justice expert George Thomas argues that the courts' efforts to protect privacy and autonomy result in thousands of wrongful convictions every year. His concluding chapters suggest a radically revised criminal procedure doctrine (based on the French inquisitorial model) that he feels will protect the presumption of innocence upon which any just society depends.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0472034839
• ISBN 13: 9780472034833
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318