SOC 3730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Crown Attorney, Legal Advice, Forensic Science
12 Apr 2016
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Wrongful convicions: wrongful convicions, happens at the court stage, failure to respond/protect, happens at the police stage, not taking vicims seriously or not showing up at all. The way which police do invesigaions, way crown, judge do their jobs. Some high-proile wrongful convicions have changed the way we operate in our courts. Re-evaluate: usually if focusing on crime control = higher number of wrongful convicion. Raises q"s about ^, and the professionals who work within in. Very important area in wrongful convicions and helping to exonerate people. First person exonerated back in 1989 in the u. s. Death penalty: obviously can"t take it back if they"ve already been killed o. At least 30 people who have been executed that were wrongfully convicted. Esimate 60% of wrongful convicions in u. s. can be addressed or come back to ^ Can happen from police suggesion, a person"s conidence level, the way the ideniicaion is done.
