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Convicting Avery : the bizarre laws and broken system behind Making a murderer

Cicchini, Michael D., 1967-2017
Book
"A criminal defense attorney goes beyond the popular Netflix documentary to detail the legal nightmare that led to the conviction of Steven Avery"--
Imprint:
Amherst, New York Prometheus Books, 2017.©2017
Collation:
205 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"Completely unauthorized."Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Welcome to the Hellmouth -- Eyewitness (mis)identification -- Newly discovered evidence -- Seek, and (eventually) ye shall find -- Weird science -- The wrong-person defense -- Interrogations and false confessions -- Truth, doubt, and the burden of proof -- Insufficient evidence -- Postmortem on preliminary hearings -- Bail or jail? -- Introduction to legal ethics -- The effective assistance of counsel -- The Minister of Justice -- The politics of legal reform -- A closing argument -- Updates on Avery and Dassey.
ISBN:
97816338825531633882551
Dewey class:
345.77502523
Language:
English
BRN:
320108
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