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Double Jeopardy And G0vernment Appeals Of Acquittals, Department Of Justice Office Of Legal Policy
Double Jeopardy And G0vernment Appeals Of Acquittals, Department Of Justice Office Of Legal Policy
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
As part of a continuing series of papers on impediments to the search for truth in criminal investigation and adjudication, the Office of Legal Policy has carried out a review of the law governing double jeopardy prohibitions on federal government appeals of criminal acquittals. These prohibitions undermine the search for truth in criminal adjudication by allowing some wrongly acquitted, culpable individuals to go unpunished. The results of our review are set out in this Report.
Hustler Magazine V. Falwell: A Mislitigated And Misreasoned Case, Bruce Fein
Hustler Magazine V. Falwell: A Mislitigated And Misreasoned Case, Bruce Fein
William & Mary Law Review
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Hardly The Trial Of The Century, Franklin E. Zimring
Hardly The Trial Of The Century, Franklin E. Zimring
Michigan Law Review
A Review of A Crime of Self-Defense: Bernhard Goetz and the Law on Trial by George P. Fletcher
Trial By Ordeal, Robert C. Palmer
Trial By Ordeal, Robert C. Palmer
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal by Robert Bartlett
The Thin Blue Line: Art Or Trial In The Fact-Finding Process?, Bennett L. Gershman
The Thin Blue Line: Art Or Trial In The Fact-Finding Process?, Bennett L. Gershman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Part I of this Commentary objectively analyzes The Thin Blue Line, focusing on the film’s monologues, dramatizations, and exhibits. The film's organizational structure roughly parallels the stages of the criminal justice process, from the investigation and arrest of Adams to his trial, conviction, sentence, and post-conviction litigation. The prologue and epilogue unify the story. Part II attempts to explain the bizarre judicial result, focusing on the prosecutor's dominant role in the criminal justice process. It concludes, as does the film, that one of the fundamental features of our legal system - the intrinsic ability of the adversary process to discover …
Commentary, The Selling Of Jury Deliberations, Robert F. Nagel
Commentary, The Selling Of Jury Deliberations, Robert F. Nagel
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