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The Supreme Court on trial : how the American justice system sacrifices innocent defendants /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, George C. (George Conner), 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Judgments, Criminal > United States.
Judicial review > United States.
False imprisonment > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Due process of law > United States.
Law and fact > United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Innocence ignored
  • The fundamental value of due process
  • In the beginning : God, juries, and God again
  • Truth from juries : William the Conqueror, Henry II, and the Catholic church
  • Truth from juries : America before the twentieth century
  • In God's name : is that the man?
  • Truth from procedure : the Supreme Court tries a new tack
  • Looking for truth in unexpected places
  • The hitch-hiker's guide to protecting innocence.