True Stories of False Confessions - Couverture souple

Northwestern University Press

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810126036 ISBN 13 : 9780810126039

Editeur : Northwestern University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Editors Rob Warden and Steven Drizin - leaders in the field of wrongful convictions - have gathered articles about some of the most critical accounts of false confessions in the U.S. justice system from more than forty authors, including Sydney H. Schanberg, Christine Ellen Young, Alex Kotlowitz, and John Grisham. Many of the pieces originally appeared in leading magazines and newspapers, including the ""New York Times"", ""The Nation"", the ""New Yorker"", and the ""Los Angeles Times"". By grouping the cases into categories - including brainwashing, fabrication, mental fragility, police force, and unrequited innocence - the editors demonstrate similarities between cases, thereby refuting the perception that false confessions represent individual tragedies rather than a systemic flaw in the justice system. These incidents are not isolated; they are, in fact, related, and more shocking for it. But the authors of the articles excerpted, adapted, and reprinted in this collection want more for their subjects than outrage; they want to fuel change in the practices and standards that illicit false confessions in the first place. To this end, Warden and Drizin include an illuminating introduction to each category and recommendations for policy changes that would reduce false confessions. They also include a postscript for each case, providing legal updates and additional information.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rob Warden is a legal affairs journalist and the executive director of the Center for Wrongful Convictions at the Northwestern university school of law.

Steven A. Drizin is a clinical professor of law and the legal director of the center for Wrongful convictions at the Northwestern university school of law. He is a leading authority on police interrogations and coerced confessions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Northwestern University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810126036
• ISBN 13: 9780810126039
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible