Publisher description for The Supreme Court on trial : how the American justice system sacrifices innocent victims / George C. Thomas III.
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The Supreme Court on Trial calls upon an impressive range of historical, empirical, and documentary evidence to conclude that our criminal justice system has done just that. Criminal justice expert George Thomas argues that the courts' efforts to protect privacy and autonomy result in thousands of wrongful convictions every year. His concluding chapters suggest a radically revised criminal procedure doctrine (based on the French inquisitorial model) that he feels will protect the presumption of innocence upon which any just society depends.
George C. Thomas III is Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Alexander P. Waugh, Sr., Distinguished Scholar at Rutgers School of Law.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Judgments, Criminal -- United States.
Judicial review -- United States.
False imprisonment -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Due process of law -- United States.
Law and fact -- United States.