TY - BOOK ID - 85296745 TI - Wrongful convictions and the DNA revolution PY - 2017 SN - 1108138306 1108139035 1108139159 1108139272 1316417115 1108139876 1108139396 1107129966 1107570468 9781108139878 1108139752 9781108139755 9781316417119 9781107129962 9781107570467 PB - Cambridge DB - UniCat KW - Judicial error KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - DNA fingerprinting KW - DNA fingerprints KW - DNA identification KW - DNA profiles KW - DNA profiling KW - Genetic fingerprinting KW - Genetic fingerprints KW - Forensic genetics KW - Identification KW - Law and legislation KW - Technique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85296745 AB - For centuries, most people believed the criminal justice system worked - that only guilty defendants were convicted. DNA technology shattered that belief. DNA has now freed more than three hundred innocent prisoners in the United States. This book examines the lessons learned from twenty-five years of DNA exonerations and identifies lingering challenges. By studying the dataset of DNA exonerations, we know that precise factors lead to wrongful convictions. These include eyewitness misidentifications, false confessions, dishonest informants, poor defense lawyering, weak forensic evidence, and prosecutorial misconduct. In Part I, scholars discuss the efforts of the Innocence Movement over the past quarter century to expose the phenomenon of wrongful convictions and to implement lasting reforms. In Part II, another set of researchers looks ahead and evaluates what still needs to be done to realize the ideal of a more accurate system. ER -