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

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

Imprint Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 307 p.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780472116188 (cloth : alk. paper)
0472116185 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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