Wrongful Convictions (LAW-729-001)
Gilbert
Meets: 06:00 PM - 07:50 PM (W) - Room 314
Enrolled: 8 / Limit: 12
Notices
Students enrolling in this course are encouraged to consider enrolling separately in the Innocence Project Seminar and Field Work Component, LAW-754-005 and LAW-754-006. Please see the descriptions of those courses for more information.
Description
Focuses primarily on the work of students participating in the Innocence Project Seminar and Field Work Component; however, other students are welcome. Students will consider the methods of challenging criminal convictions and the resources currently available. They will focus on the methods of criminal investigation, the use of forensic evidence, the weaknesses of eyewitness identification, the problems of jail house informants, and the importance of narrative in challenging criminal convictions. The seminar also will explore the cause and effect of wrongful convictions in the criminal justice system and the current debate regarding the significance of the number of wrongfully convicted people who have recently been exonerated.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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First Class Readings
Not available at this time.