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The plea of innocence restoring truth to the American justice system

Title
The plea of innocence [electronic resource] : restoring truth to the American justice system / Tim Bakken.
Author
Bakken, Tim.
Publication
New York : New York University Press, [2022]

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Description
1 online resource (239 pages)
Summary
"Providing the first fundamental reform of its kind for the adversarial legal system, The Plea of Innocence introduces a new method through which to free innocent people from prison, a search for truth through the discovery of exonerating facts"--
Uniform Title
Plea of innocence (Online)
Alternative Title
Plea of innocence (Online)
Subject
  • Criminal procedure > United States
  • Law reform > United States
  • Judicial error > United States > Prevention
  • Evidence, Criminal > United States
  • Plea bargaining > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-225) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Human error -- Devaluation of freedom -- Defense of falsity -- Emergence and glory of adversarial combat -- Alone with no evidence -- Convictions without truth -- The lost dialectic -- Trials without facts -- Procedures over evidence -- The danger of speaking truthfully -- A new procedure : the search for truth -- Conclusion : the plea of innocence
LCCN
2022001981
OCLC
ssj0002680354
Author
Bakken, Tim.
Title
The plea of innocence [electronic resource] : restoring truth to the American justice system / Tim Bakken.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-225) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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