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Author:

Thomas, George C. (George Conner), 1947-

Title:

The Supreme Court on trial : how the American justice system sacrifices innocent defendants / George C. Thomas III.

Publisher:

University of Michigan Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 307 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Judicial review--United States.
Judgments, Criminal--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Due process of law--United States.
False imprisonment--United States.
Law and fact--United States.
Rechtsgeldigheid
Strafvervolging.
Rechtsmiddelen
Revisie.
Verenigde Staten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Innocence ignored -- The fundamental value of due process -- In the beginning: God, juries, and God again -- Truth from juries: William the Conqueror, Henry II, and the Catholic church -- Truth from juries: America before the twentieth century -- In God's name: is that the man? -- Truth from procedure: the Supreme Court tries a new tack -- Looking for truth in unexpected places -- The hitch-hiker's guide to protecting innocence.

ISBN:

0472116185 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472116188 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)179794207

LCCN:

2008011483

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)