LAW 950 - Wrongful Convictions

Unit(s): 3

This seminar examines: 1) the various causes of wrongful prosectuion, conviction, and incarceration of the factually innocent (e.g., eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, perjured testimony, forensic fraud, police and prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, etc.); and 2) the various legal and policy solutions for minimizing wrongful conviction in the American criminal justice system.

Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law