Kapitel in diesem Buch

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