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The wrong men : America's epidemic of wrongful death row convictions

Title
The wrong men : America's epidemic of wrongful death row convictions / Stanley Cohen.
Author
Cohen, Stanley, 1934-
Publication
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, c2003.

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Description
xxiii, 344 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 21 cm.
Alternative Title
America's epidemic of wrongful death row convictions
Subject
  • Capital punishment > United States
  • Judicial error > United States
  • Death row > United States
  • Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
  • African Americans in criminal justice administration
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-323) and index.
Contents
DNA: scientific certainty -- Eyewitness error -- Corrupt practices and misconduct -- The snitch system -- False confessions -- Junk science -- Reasonable doubt -- Addendum: the Central Park jogger -- Afterword: United States v. capital punishment -- Wrongful death row convictions by state.
Call Number
Sc D 04-101
ISBN
0786712589
OCLC
52961257
Author
Cohen, Stanley, 1934-
Title
The wrong men : America's epidemic of wrongful death row convictions / Stanley Cohen.
Imprint
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, c2003.
Edition
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-323) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc D 04-101
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