Title:
Convicting Avery : the bizarre laws and broken system behind Making a murderer
Author:
Cicchini, Michael D., 1967- , author.
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Publication Information:
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2017.
©2017
Physical Description:
205 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm
Summary:
"A criminal defense attorney goes beyond the popular Netflix documentary to detail the legal nightmare that led to the conviction of Steven Avery"--
General Note:
"Completely unauthorized."
Language:
English
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.
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ISBN:
9781633882553
Format :
Book
