Prosecution Complex: America's Race to Convict and Its Impact on the Innocent

ISBN: 9781479893089 出版年：2012 页码：240 Medwed New York University Press

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Fair Play? Prosecutorial Behavior Prior to Trial 1 Charging Ahead 2 In the Interest of Full Disclosure: Discovery in Criminal Cases 3 Plea Bargaining Pitfalls Part II. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? Reasons to Doubt Prosecutorial Conduct during Trial 4 Preparation and Examination of Witnesses 5 Test Tubes on Trial: Prosecutors and Forensic Evidence 6 Closing the Door on Innocence: Improper Summations by Prosecutors Part III. The Fallacy of Finality: Prosecutors and Post-Conviction Claims of Innocence 7 Prosecutorial Resistance to Post-Conviction Claims of Innocence 8 A Closer Look: Prosecutors and Post-Conviction DNA Testing 9 In Denial: Prosecutors' Refusal to Accept Proof of an Inmate's Innocence Conclusion Notes Index About the Author