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Overview of the American Criminal Justice System
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xi
- Overview of the American Criminal Justice System 1
- 1. Virtual Legality In the Held: Fact Gathering at the Scene of the Crime 13
- 2. The Magical Moment of Arrest: Capture and Custody 28
- 3. The Marvelous Faculty of Recognition: Eyewitness Identification of a Suspect 40
- 4. The Exclusionary Rule: The Fabled Doctrine, Its Baleful Side Effects, and a Generally Ignored Technological Remedy 63
- 5. Stops of People and Vehicles: Some Radical Proposals to Get the Guns Off the Streets 88
- 6. Privacy and Privilege: Defeating Truth in the Name of Justice 110
- 7. The Right to Counsel: Dramatic, Deceitful, and Dilatory Assistance 132
- 8. Executive Discretion: Hard Choices and the Role of the Prosecutor 157
- 9. Plea Bargaining: Cheap Crimes, Costly Trials 177
- 10. Picking the Jury: Stacking the Randomly Drawn Panel 200
- 11. Character as a Guide to Conduct and Credibility: A Grotesque Structure Adorns the Legal Landscape 217
- 12. Of Witnesses and Jurors: A Tale of Confidence and Error 241
- 13. Jury Nullification: The Insanity Defense and Other Avoidances 266
- 14. The Judge: Promoting the Quest for Truth in the Adversary Mode 279
- Conclusion 307
- Index 313
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xi
- Overview of the American Criminal Justice System 1
- 1. Virtual Legality In the Held: Fact Gathering at the Scene of the Crime 13
- 2. The Magical Moment of Arrest: Capture and Custody 28
- 3. The Marvelous Faculty of Recognition: Eyewitness Identification of a Suspect 40
- 4. The Exclusionary Rule: The Fabled Doctrine, Its Baleful Side Effects, and a Generally Ignored Technological Remedy 63
- 5. Stops of People and Vehicles: Some Radical Proposals to Get the Guns Off the Streets 88
- 6. Privacy and Privilege: Defeating Truth in the Name of Justice 110
- 7. The Right to Counsel: Dramatic, Deceitful, and Dilatory Assistance 132
- 8. Executive Discretion: Hard Choices and the Role of the Prosecutor 157
- 9. Plea Bargaining: Cheap Crimes, Costly Trials 177
- 10. Picking the Jury: Stacking the Randomly Drawn Panel 200
- 11. Character as a Guide to Conduct and Credibility: A Grotesque Structure Adorns the Legal Landscape 217
- 12. Of Witnesses and Jurors: A Tale of Confidence and Error 241
- 13. Jury Nullification: The Insanity Defense and Other Avoidances 266
- 14. The Judge: Promoting the Quest for Truth in the Adversary Mode 279
- Conclusion 307
- Index 313