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Why Cops Lie, Peter Keane

Publications

Police officer perjury in court to justify illegal dope searches is commonplace. One of the dirty little not-so-secret secrets of the criminal justice system is undercover narcotics officers intentionally lying under oath. It is a perversion of the American justice system that strikes directly at the rule of law. Yet it is the routine way of doing business in courtrooms everywhere in America.

The O.J. Inquisition: An American Encounter With Continental Criminal Justice, Myron Moskovitz

Publications

October 3, 1995 marked the end of the O.J. Simpson double murder trial, which lasted 474 days and was billed "the trial of the century. " After less than four hours of deliberation, the jury acquitted Mr. Simpson of all charges. The following article is a dramatization of how a case similar to the Simpson trial might be handled by a civil-law European criminal justice system.

Utilizing an unusual format, Professor Myron Moskovitz examines and illustrates the differences between the United States and civil-law European criminal justice systems. The author uses a play script inspired by the events in the …

Summary Of 1981 Crime Legislation, Joint Committee For The Revision Of The Penal Code

California Joint Committees

This compendium will provide you with a convenient summary and copies of the Legislature's statutory accomplishments in criminal law during the first half of the 1981-1982 session.

All bills enacted during 1981 will become effective January 1, 1982 unless they are urgency measures or were made inoperative. The summaries of the urgency measures specifiy their effective date. Bills that were enacted but will not become operative have been excluded. In some bills only portions of the measure will be inoperative. These sections are clearly labeled on the bills.

Senate and Assembly measures are listed separately, each in ascending numerical order. …