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Author: Batts, Anthony W.

Title: Policing and Wrongful Convictions

Summary: Few events subject the criminal justice system to as intense scrutiny from policymakers, elected officials, the media and the general public as the exoneration of a wrongfully convicted defendant. The multimillion-dollar settlement recently announced by New York City in the notorious case of the Central Park Five has once again brought the injustice of wrongful convictions and the corollary injustice of failing to convict the real assailant to the forefront of the national consciousness. (In that case, five black and Latino teenagers were convicted on the basis of false confessions of the brutal - and widely publicized - rape of a young woman jogging in Central Park. All were tried as adults and sentenced to lengthy prison terms, then exonerated years later when the real perpetrator confessed to the crime - a confession corroborated by DNA evidence.) As this and other high-profile wrongful convictions continue to spark controversy, a dispassionate, thoughtful examination of the systemic causes of wrongful convictions and their potential solutions can benefit all components of the criminal justice system and the community at large.

Details: Cambridge, MA: Harvard Kennedy School, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, 2014. 32p.

Source: Internet Resource: New Perspectives in Policing: Accessed September 29, 2014 at: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/var/ezp_site/storage/fckeditor/file/pdfs/centers-programs/programs/criminal-justice/ExecSessionPolicing/PolicingWrongfulConvictions.pdf

Year: 2014

Country: United States

URL: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/var/ezp_site/storage/fckeditor/file/pdfs/centers-programs/programs/criminal-justice/ExecSessionPolicing/PolicingWrongfulConvictions.pdf

Shelf Number: 133475

Keywords:
Exoneration
Innocence
Judicial Error
Wrongful Convictions (U.S.)
Wrongful Imprisonment