United States of America V. Garrett, Jr

United States of America V. Garrett, Jr
Title United States of America V. Garrett, Jr PDF eBook
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Pages 20
Release 1994
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United States of America V. Lenon

United States of America V. Lenon
Title United States of America V. Lenon PDF eBook
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Pages 40
Release 1978
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United States of America V. Trapnell

United States of America V. Trapnell
Title United States of America V. Trapnell PDF eBook
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Pages 104
Release 1980
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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States

Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States
Title Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States PDF eBook
Author National Research Council
Publisher National Academies Press
Pages 348
Release 2009-07-29
Genre Law
ISBN 0309142393

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Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.

Convicting the Innocent

Convicting the Innocent
Title Convicting the Innocent PDF eBook
Author Brandon L. Garrett
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 376
Release 2011-08-04
Genre Art
ISBN 0674060989

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On January 20, 1984, Earl Washington—defended for all of forty minutes by a lawyer who had never tried a death penalty case—was found guilty of rape and murder in the state of Virginia and sentenced to death. After nine years on death row, DNA testing cast doubt on his conviction and saved his life. However, he spent another eight years in prison before more sophisticated DNA technology proved his innocence and convicted the guilty man. DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. In this unsettling in-depth analysis, Brandon Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 wrongfully convicted people to be exonerated by DNA testing. Based on trial transcripts, Garrett’s investigation into the causes of wrongful convictions reveals larger patterns of incompetence, abuse, and error. Evidence corrupted by suggestive eyewitness procedures, coercive interrogations, unsound and unreliable forensics, shoddy investigative practices, cognitive bias, and poor lawyering illustrates the weaknesses built into our current criminal justice system. Garrett proposes practical reforms that rely more on documented, recorded, and audited evidence, and less on fallible human memory. Very few crimes committed in the United States involve biological evidence that can be tested using DNA. How many unjust convictions are there that we will never discover? Convicting the Innocent makes a powerful case for systemic reforms to improve the accuracy of all criminal cases.

End of Its Rope

End of Its Rope
Title End of Its Rope PDF eBook
Author Brandon Garrett
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 343
Release 2017-09-25
Genre History
ISBN 0674970993

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An awakening -- Inevitability of innocence -- Mercy vs. justice -- The great American death penalty decline -- The defense lawyering effect -- Murder insurance -- The other death penalty -- The execution decline -- End game -- The triumph of mercy

American Federal Tax Reports

American Federal Tax Reports
Title American Federal Tax Reports PDF eBook
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Pages 1544
Release 1982
Genre Taxation
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