Blind Injustice (eBook)

A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions

Mark Godsey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
264 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96295-8 (ISBN)

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In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent MarkGodseytakes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions. Drawing upon stories from his own career,Godseyshares how innate psychological flaws in judges, police, lawyers, and juries coupled with a ';tough on crime' environment can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the convictions of innocent people. In Blind Injustice, Godseyexplores distinct psychological human weaknesses inherent in the criminal justice systemconfirmation bias, memory malleability, cognitive dissonance, bureaucratic denial, dehumanization, and othersand illustrates each with stories fromhis time as a hard-nosed prosecutor and then as an attorney for the Ohio Innocence Project. He also lays bare the criminal justice system's internal political pressures.How does the fact that judges, sheriffs, and prosecutors are elected officials influence how they view cases? How can defense attorneys support clients when many are overworked and underpaid? And how do juries overcome bias leading them to believe that police and expert witnesses know more than they do about what evidence means? This book sheds a harsh light on the unintentional yet routine injustices committed by those charged with upholding justice. Yet in the end, Godsey recommends structural, procedural, and attitudinal changes aimed at restoring justice to the criminal justice system.

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Acknowledgments
About This Book

1. EYE OPENER
2. BLIND DENIAL
3. BLIND AMBITION
4. BLIND BIAS
5. BLIND MEMORY
6. BLIND INTUITION
7. BLIND TUNNEL VISION
8. SEEING AND ACCEPTING HUMAN LIMITATIONS

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.10.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: american judicial system • Bureaucracy • Death Row • dehumanization • human weakness • innocent imprisoned • Lawyers • ohio innocence project • penitentiary workers • Prison • psychologists • Psychology • Social Justice • tough on crime • Wrongful convictions • wrongfully convicted
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96295-8 / 0520962958
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96295-8 / 9780520962958