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04120aam a22003978i 4500 001 9BB0BEEC38A911ED914067003BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220920010102 008 220411s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022017368 020 $a 1541675916 020 $a 9781541675919 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a KF9756 $b .M43 2022 082 00 $2 23/eng/20220630 100 1 $a Medwed, Daniel S., $e author. 245 10 $a BARRED : $b WHY THE INNOCENT CAN'T GET OUT OF PRISON / $c Daniel S. Medwed. 263 $a 2209 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Basic Books, $c 2022. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Some bargain : how plea deals evade scrutiny -- Preserved for review : the narrow mandate of appellate courts -- In deference : how trial judges, defense attorneys, and jurors get the benefit of the doubt on appeal -- Foul play : the harms of harmless error analysis -- The not-so-great writ : habeas corpus and the illusion of robust collateral review -- The ancient writ of coram nobis : an old tool to tackle new evidence -- The silver bullet of science : flaws with state postconviction DNA-testing laws --The Supremes : stop in the name of innocense -- The innocent prisoner's dilemma : how parole procedures fail the wrongfully convicted -- Not just mercy : the untapped potential of clemency -- Prosecutors with convictions : the case for internal review units -- Commissioned for justice : a new model for handling innocence claims. 520 $a "Tens of thousands of innocent people are behind bars for offenses ranging from misdemeanors to capital crimes. But proving their innocence in the court of law is extraordinarily difficult. After conviction, the presumption of innocence vanishes, and a new presumption of guilt forms and ossifies over time. Our criminal justice system values finality over accuracy, even if it comes at the cost of an innocent person's wrongful conviction and even when there's good evidence they haven't committed the crime.In Barred, acclaimed legal scholar and pioneering innocence advocate Daniel Medwed argues that our justice system's stringent procedural rules are to blame for the ongoing punishment of the innocent. Every state gives criminal defendants just one opportunity to appeal their convictions to a higher court. Afterward, the wrongfully accused can pursue various post-conviction remedies, but all too often they fall short in leading to exoneration. Because of narrow guidelines and deferential attitudes toward lower courts, higher courts tend to uphold convictions, even when there is compelling evidence of a miscarriage of justice. And although the executive branch holds the power to release people who are in custody, it exercises this power sparingly and views with intense suspicion those who insist upon their innocence. The result is that a startling number of people are incarcerated for crimes they didn't commit; highly-publicized death-row exonerations are just the tip of the iceberg. The regime is stacked against the innocent, Medwed concludes, and the appellate and post-conviction process must be entirely overhauled. Through heart-wrenching real-life stories, alongside accessible descriptions of complex legal procedures, Barred exposes how our legal systemperpetuates gross injustice and issues a powerful call for change"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Judicial error $z United States. $9 88910 650 0 $a False imprisonment $x Law and legislation $z United States. 650 0 $a Writ of error coram nobis $z United States. 650 0 $a Presumption of innocence $z United States. 650 0 $a Plea bargaining $z United States. 650 0 $a Habeas corpus $z United States. 650 0 $a Criminal justice, Administration of $z United States $x Criminal provisions. 941 $a 4 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509011543.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010025131.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230118010554.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220920010159.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9BB0BEEC38A911ED914067003BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search