Prosecution complex
Subtitle: America's race to convict and its impact on the innocent
By: Daniel S. Medwed
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814796245; 9780814796252; 9780814764350
Subjects: Prosecutorial misconduct; Judicial error
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Charging ahead; title: In the interest of full disclosure : discovery in criminal cases; title: Plea bargaining pitfalls; title: Preparation and examination of witnesses; title: Test tubes on trial : prosecutors and forensic evidence; title: Closing the door on innocence : improper summations by prosecutors; title: Prosecutorial resistance to post-conviction claims of innocence; title: A closer look : prosecutors and post-conviction DNA testing; title: In denial : the refusal of prosecutors to accept proof of an inmate's innocence.