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- Title
WRONGFULLY CONVICTED IN CALIFORNIA: ARE THERE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EXONERATIONS, PROSECUTORIAL AND POLICE PROCEDURES, AND JUSTICE REFORMS?
- Authors
Brooks, Justin; Brooks, Zachary
- Abstract
The article discusses possible connections between judicial reform and police procedures in wrongfully convicted exonerations in the California judicial system. It presents statistics concerning wrongful convictions in California, the concept of misidentification in wrongful convictions, false confessions, and misleading DNA and forensic evidence.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; CANADA; ACTUAL innocence; LAW; CRIMINAL justice system; POLICE; FALSE confession; LEGAL evidence; EXCULPATORY DNA evidence
- Publication
Hofstra Law Review, 2016, Vol 45, Issue 2, p373
- ISSN
0091-4029
- Publication type
Article