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WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS: REASONS, REMEDIES, AND CASE …
libres.uncg.eduperjured testimony, forensic error, tunnel vision by police and prosecutors, prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, and the racial history of the United States, specifically in rape cases (Davies & Hine, 2007; Gould & …
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON …
www.courts.wa.govrights by failing to properly handle key evidence, and (6) the prosecutor committed prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument when he commented on Fletcher’s refusal to testify. In the published portion of the opinion, we hold that the trial court was not required to
The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice
www.sagepub.comAccording to their lawyers, prosecutorial misconduct was the cause of the incar-ceration of these two men. No physical evidence linked them to the crime, and their convictions rested largely on the evidence of a jailhouse snitch, who, according to law enforcement officials, was known to them as a habitual liar. The snitch claimed