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Confessions, Criminals, And Community, Sheri Lynn Johnson
Confessions, Criminals, And Community, Sheri Lynn Johnson
Sheri Lynn Johnson
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Putting The Cat Back In The Bag: Involuntary Confessions And Self-Incrimination, Joseph A. Iemma
Putting The Cat Back In The Bag: Involuntary Confessions And Self-Incrimination, Joseph A. Iemma
Touro Law Review
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The Hunting Of Man: Lies, Damn Lies, And Police Interrogations, Miller W. Shealy Jr.
The Hunting Of Man: Lies, Damn Lies, And Police Interrogations, Miller W. Shealy Jr.
University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
The job of the police is to stop crime by stopping criminals. It is a real life, deadly cat-and-mouse game where the hunter and the hunted spar for advantage and success. To accomplish its goals, law enforcement can draw from a vast array of technologies, stratagems, and devices. One of the primary weapons in the law enforcement arsenal is deceit. Criminals, like most prey, are lured into clever traps set by police. The police create circumstances and situations that are designed to prompt the criminal suspect into revealing incriminating information. This is obvious in the use of confidential informants, undercover …
The Constitutionality Of Negotiated Criminal Judgments In Germany, Thomas Weigend, Jenia I. Turner
The Constitutionality Of Negotiated Criminal Judgments In Germany, Thomas Weigend, Jenia I. Turner
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
In a long-awaited judgment, the German Constitutional Court in 2013 upheld the constitutionality of the 2009 German law authorizing the negotiation of criminal judgments between the court and the parties. In this Article, we provide background on recent developments in “plea bargaining” law and practice in Germany and offer a critique of the Court’s decision.
The Court attempted to rein in negotiated judgments by giving the statute a literal reading, emphasizing the limitations it places on negotiations, and strictly prohibiting any consensual disposition outside the statutory framework. The Court builds its judgment on the notion that the search for truth, …