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Back from the dead : wrongful convictions and criminal justice in China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: He, Jiahong (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Judicial error > China.
Criminal justice, Administration of > China.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Principal cases of wrongful conviction in China
  • Part one. The misleading roads illustrated in the Teng Xingshan case (Back from the Dead I)
  • The setting of inappropriately tight deadlines for solving criminal cases
  • The 'from confession to evidence' model of criminal investigation
  • The misinterpretation of scientific evidence
  • The continued use of torture to extract confessions
  • The one-sided and prejudicial collection of evidence
  • Part two. The misleading roads illustrated in the She Xianglin case (Back from the Dead II)
  • The bowing to public opinion in contradiction to legal principles
  • The unlawfully extended custody with tunnel vision
  • The nominal checks among the police, the procuratorate and the court
  • The nominalization of courtroom trials
  • The reduction of punishment in a case of doubt
  • Part three. New developments in the criminal justice system following the Zhao Zuohai case (Back from the Dead III)
  • The exclusionary rules against illegally obtained evidence
  • From investigation centeredness to trial-centeredness
  • Reform of the People's juror system
  • Reform of the criminal retrial system
  • Changing the mind-set for criminal justice.