Convicting the innocent : errors of criminal justice / By Edwin M. Borchard ; with the collaboration of E. Russell Lutz.

Author/creator Borchard, Edwin
Other author Lutz, E. Russell, 1902-1970.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, 1932.
Descriptionxxix, 421 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

General noteFirst edition, advance issue.
General noteCollection of 65 cases of erroneous criminal convictions of innocent people, the causes of error being due in the main to mistaken identification, circumstantial evidence, or perjury, or some combination of these. Includes an analysis of the statutes, of European countries providing indemnity for wrongfully conviced and arrested persons, to be used as a basis for American legislation. cf. Pref.
Other titleErrors of criminal justice.