The fundamental problem with false convictions is that they are unobserved, and in general, unobservable. We don\u27t spot them when they happen-if we did, they wouldn\u27t happen-and in most cases we can\u27t identify them after the fact. We have no general reliable test for innocence or guilt; if we did, we\u27d use it at trial. As result, we often say that we don\u27t know for sure whether a convicted criminal defendant is innocent or guilty, or even that we can\u27t know for sure. But this isn\u27t exactly true-or rather, its truth depends on who we mean by we
The last thirty years have seen an enormous increase not only in the exonerations of innocent defend...
By monitoring and investigating errors in the criminal justice system, innocence commissions could h...
This empirical study examines for the first time how the criminal justice system in the United State...
The fundamental problem with false convictions is that they are unobserved, and in general, unobserv...
False convictions are notoriously difficult to study because they can neither be observed when they ...
False convictions have received a lot of attention in recent years. Two-hundred and forty-one prison...
Traditionally, discussions of prosecutorial discretion focus on charging and plea bargaining decisio...
Through innocent pleas and innocence procedures, this Article urges a fundamental change to the adve...
This is a report about the role of official misconduct in the conviction of innocent people. We disc...
Pursuing justice for the wrongfully convicted is a profoundly meaningful goal. Yet the innocence mov...
In the first part of this article, we address the problems inherent in studying wrongful convictions...
Over the past decade and a half, a great deal of attention has rightfully been given to the issue of...
Indeed, it is difficult to prove one\u27s innocence, and the legal system purports not to require de...
Despite significant efforts to uncover and prevent wrongful convictions, little attention has been p...
Scholars documenting the incidence and causes of wrongful convictions in the United States have focu...
The last thirty years have seen an enormous increase not only in the exonerations of innocent defend...
By monitoring and investigating errors in the criminal justice system, innocence commissions could h...
This empirical study examines for the first time how the criminal justice system in the United State...
The fundamental problem with false convictions is that they are unobserved, and in general, unobserv...
False convictions are notoriously difficult to study because they can neither be observed when they ...
False convictions have received a lot of attention in recent years. Two-hundred and forty-one prison...
Traditionally, discussions of prosecutorial discretion focus on charging and plea bargaining decisio...
Through innocent pleas and innocence procedures, this Article urges a fundamental change to the adve...
This is a report about the role of official misconduct in the conviction of innocent people. We disc...
Pursuing justice for the wrongfully convicted is a profoundly meaningful goal. Yet the innocence mov...
In the first part of this article, we address the problems inherent in studying wrongful convictions...
Over the past decade and a half, a great deal of attention has rightfully been given to the issue of...
Indeed, it is difficult to prove one\u27s innocence, and the legal system purports not to require de...
Despite significant efforts to uncover and prevent wrongful convictions, little attention has been p...
Scholars documenting the incidence and causes of wrongful convictions in the United States have focu...
The last thirty years have seen an enormous increase not only in the exonerations of innocent defend...
By monitoring and investigating errors in the criminal justice system, innocence commissions could h...
This empirical study examines for the first time how the criminal justice system in the United State...