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- Title
THE PROSECUTOR AS A FINAL SAFEGUARD AGAINST FALSE CONVICTIONS: HOW PROSECUTORS ASSIST WITH EXONERATION.
- Authors
WEBSTER, ELIZABETH
- Abstract
The article discusses the legal mechanisms for seeking relief from false conviction and places prosecutors' role in reviewing postconviction innocence claims against the backdrop of the failings of the postconviction appeals. It mentions how individual prosecutors' postconviction decisions are informed and influenced by the office hierarchy and the postconviction appellate system. It also mentions prosecutor's role as a safeguard against false convictions.
- Subjects
ACTUAL innocence; PRESUMPTION of innocence; CRIMINAL liability; POSTCONVICTION remedies; PROSECUTORS
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 2020, Vol 110, Issue 2, p245
- ISSN
0091-4169
- Publication type
Article