Miscarriages of justice in Canada : causes, responses, remedies / Kathryn M. Campbell.
2018
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Title
Miscarriages of justice in Canada : causes, responses, remedies / Kathryn M. Campbell.
Imprint
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Description
xvi, 423 pages ; 26 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Part 1. Factors contributing to miscarriages of justice
Eyewitness identification and misidentification
The role of legal professionals in contributing to wrongful convictions : police
The role of legal professionals in contributing to wrongful convictions : prosecutors, defence counsel, and the judiciary
False confessions
Jailhouse informants
Part 2. Evidentiary detection methods : missteps and innovations
DNA evidence : raising the bar
Forensic evidence and expert testimony
Part 3. Responses to miscarriages of justice
Conventional remedies through the courts and conviction review
Commissions of inquiry : lessons learned
Compensation: the "obstacle course"
The impact of public lobbying on wrongful convictions : the role of the media, lobby groups, and innocence projects
Lessons from other jurisdictions
Final conclusions
Appendices
Wrongful convictions in Canada
The inquiry regarding Thomas Sophonow : eyewitness identification : recommendations
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Heads of Prosecution Committee Working Group (2005), recommendations regarding the use of eyewitness identification evidence
Canadian Judicial Council, National Judicial Institute : eyewitness identification evidence, model jury instructions
Canada's 1988 Federal-Provincial Guidelines on Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted and Imprisoned Persons.
Part 1. Factors contributing to miscarriages of justice
Eyewitness identification and misidentification
The role of legal professionals in contributing to wrongful convictions : police
The role of legal professionals in contributing to wrongful convictions : prosecutors, defence counsel, and the judiciary
False confessions
Jailhouse informants
Part 2. Evidentiary detection methods : missteps and innovations
DNA evidence : raising the bar
Forensic evidence and expert testimony
Part 3. Responses to miscarriages of justice
Conventional remedies through the courts and conviction review
Commissions of inquiry : lessons learned
Compensation: the "obstacle course"
The impact of public lobbying on wrongful convictions : the role of the media, lobby groups, and innocence projects
Lessons from other jurisdictions
Final conclusions
Appendices
Wrongful convictions in Canada
The inquiry regarding Thomas Sophonow : eyewitness identification : recommendations
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Heads of Prosecution Committee Working Group (2005), recommendations regarding the use of eyewitness identification evidence
Canadian Judicial Council, National Judicial Institute : eyewitness identification evidence, model jury instructions
Canada's 1988 Federal-Provincial Guidelines on Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted and Imprisoned Persons.
Summary
"Innocent people are regularly convicted of crimes they did not commit. A number of systemic factors have been found to contribute to wrongful convictions, including eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, informant testimony, official misconduct, and faulty forensic evidence. In Miscarriages of Justice in Canada, Kathryn M. Campbell offers an extensive overview of wrongful convictions, bringing together current sociological, criminological, and legal research, as well as current case-law examples. For the first time, information on all known and suspected cases of wrongful conviction in Canada is included and interspersed with discussions of how wrongful convictions happen, how existing remedies to rectify them are inadequate, and how those who have been victimized by these errors are rarely compensated. Campbell reveals that the causes of wrongful convictions are, in fact, avoidable, and that those in the criminal justice system must exercise greater vigilance and openness to the possibility of error if the problem of wrongful conviction is to be resolved."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-416) and index.
Call Number
KC212 .C367 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9780802091246 (hardcover)
0802091245 (hardcover)
9780802094063 (softcover)
0802094066 (softcover)
0802091245 (hardcover)
9780802094063 (softcover)
0802094066 (softcover)
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