Not Guilty : Are the Acquitted Innocent? / Amy Farrell, Daniel Givelber.
Givelber, Daniel, author.; Farrell, Amy, author.
2012
KF9756 .G59 2016
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Title
Not Guilty : Are the Acquitted Innocent? / Amy Farrell, Daniel Givelber.
Author
Givelber, Daniel, author.
ISBN
9780814725344
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814732175.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814732175.001.0001 doi
Call Number
KF9756 .G59 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
345.730122
Summary
As scores of death row inmates are exonerated by DNA evidence and innocence commissions are set up across the country, conviction of the innocent has become a well-recognized problem. But our justice system makes both kinds of errors-we acquit the guilty and convict the innocent-and exploring the reasons why people are acquitted can help us to evaluate the efficiency and fairness of our criminal justice system. Not Guilty provides a sustained examination and analysis of the factors that lead juries to find defendants "not guilty," as well as the connection between those factors and the possibility of factual innocence, examining why some criminal trials result in not guilty verdicts and what those verdicts suggest about the accuracy of our criminal process.
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Farrell, Amy, author.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Judge and Jury Decisions to Acquit
3. Screening for Innocence
4. Understanding Why Judges and Juries Disagree about Criminal Case Outcomes
5. The Defense Case
6. The Impact of Race on Judge and Jury Decision Making
7. Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

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