CRM/LAW C114 Lecture 1: Lecture #1
9 Feb 2017
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Why care about wrongful convictions? impact on the accused. Collateral impact on family, etc. true perpetrator goes free: crime goes unpunished, undermines faith in system, provides a window into working of the cj system. Causes of wrongful convictions: mistaken identification, perjury/false accusation, false confessions, official misconduct, forensic science inadequate lawyering informants. The crime: crime occurs and police are called, begin process of attempting to identify a suspect. The investigation: crimes are considered solved by police when they make an arrest this begins the criminal justice process. Bond or bail is an amount of money the defendant must put forward in order to assure that they appear for trial. Depends on seriousness of crime and likelihood that the defendant may flee. Usually amount of money is too high so bail bondsman take a small amount (10%) from family and put the rest up themselves then charge high interest if defendant flees, bounty hunter goes after defendant.
