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Index

A

Abrahamson, Shirley S.

In the Interest of Jerrell C.J., 157-60 State v. Shomberg, 139-40

Ackerman, Harold A. (Tucker v. Palmer), 60-64

adjudication process. See Guilty pleas; Trials and contributing factors to wrongful convictions

affirmative defense, burden of persuasion and, 54-55

Albin, Barry T. (State v. Herrera), 119-20

Alexander, Lamar, 585

Alford pleas, 153, 510-19

Alito, Samuel

District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne, 263-70

Holmes v. South Carolina, 468-71

Alvarado, Michael, 194

American Bar Association, 420, 427

American Psychology and Law Society eyewitness identification reforms, 112-13 recorded interrogations reforms, 204

Anderson, Riley (Workman v. State), 579-80

Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 72

appellate review

deference to findings of fact in, 66

sufficiency of evidence in, 55-66

arrest, decision to, 22-29

attorneys. See Defense counsel; Prosecutors

B

Banks, Delma Jr., 410

Banks, J. (Corbin v. State), 58

Barker, William M. (Workman v. State), 582-84

Barkett, Rosemary (Troy Davis case), 83-84

Battaglia, Lynne A. (Clemons v. State), 347-52

Beam, Arlen (Wilson v. Lawrence County), 150-53

Bean, Ralph, 95-96

Bedau-Radelet study on innocence, 11-12

Behrendt, Paul, 94

Bell, Robert M. (Moore v. State), 310-11

Bender, Michael L. (People v. Medina), 472-80

Berdon, Robert I.

State v. Griffin, 560-65

State v. Porter, 335-36, 338

Bibbins, Gene, 347

Bingham, Thomas (Regina v. CCRC ex parte Pearson), 589

Birch, Adolpho A. (Workman v. State), 584

bite marks, 354-60

Black, Hugo (Thompson v. Louisville), 55

Blackmun, Harry

Arizona v. Youngblood, 235-37

Bordenkircher v. Hayes, 508

Herrera v. Collins, 81-83

Manson v. Brathwaite, 98-101, 104

Nichols v. United States, 286

United States v. Ash, 106-11

United States v. Bagley, 218

Blackstone, 54

Blanton, Ray, 585

Bloodsworth, Kirk, 4, 8

Boehm, Theodore R. (Norris v. State), 516-18

Boorn, Jesse, 3-4, 7, 141

Boorn, Stephen, 3-4, 7, 141

Borchard, Edwin, 18

Borden, David M. (State v. Porter), 321-35

Bradley, Ann Walsh (In the Interest of Jerrell C.J.), 154-57

Brady doctrine, 231. (See also Brady v. Maryland; Kyles v. Whitley in Table of Cases)

Brathwaite criteria, 104

Brennan, William J. Jr.

Brady v. United States, 502-4

Colorado v. Connelly, 148-49, 150

Kirby v. Illinois, 96-97

North Carolina v. Alford, 513-14

In re Winship, 49-51, 53

Scott v. Illinois, 283-85

United States v. Wade, 93-94

Breyer, Stephen (Van de Kamp v. Goldstein), 411-16

bribery of public officials and witnesses, 392-400

Brow, Katharina, 601

Brown, Troy, 378-83

Buckey, Peggy McMartin, 454

Buckey, Raymond, 454

Buckley, Stephen, 38, 315-16

bullets lead analysis, comparative, 347-54

Burger, Warren, 95

dissent in Brewer v. Williams, 7

Giglio v. United States, 408-9

Burke, Edmond W. (Stephan v. State), 197-201

Bush, George H. W., 399

Bush, George W., 504, 578-79

C

Cabranes, José A. (United States v. Quinones [Quinones III]), 530-33

Cady, Mark (State v. McCoy), 592-95

Callahan, Robert (State v. Griffin), 553-60

Calogero, Pascal F. (Gibson v. State), 27-28

capital cases. See Death penalty cases

Carona, Deborah, 437-40

Carona, Michael, 437-40

Carter, Debra Sue, 361

Caruso, Francesco, 5-7, 8

Center for Public Integrity, 231

Central Park Jogger case, 160

Chambers, Tom (State v. Lord), 448-49

child witnesses, 452-61

"Christian burial speech," 7

Ciparick, Carmen B. (Warney v. State), 603-5

Clay, Eric L. (Moldowan v. City of Warren), 242-49

clemency. See Executive clemency

"Clever Hans" effect, 124-25n

Clinton, Bill, 571

Coats, Robert (Vent v. State), 205-7

Coles, Sylvester "Red," 83

Colvin, Russell, 3-4, 7, 141

commutation, 570

comparative bullet lead analysis, 347-54

compensation for wrongfully convicted, 590-605

compliant false confessions, 141, 142

confessions. See False confessions; Voluntariness of confessions

confidence statement, 113

confirmation bias. See Tunnel vision

Connick, Harry, 46

Convicting the Innocent, 18

conviction integrity units, 231

Cordy, Robert J. (Guzman v. Commonwealth), 596-600

corporeal identifications. See Line-ups and show-ups

Cotton, Ronald, 122. (See also Tegoseak v. State in Table of Cases)

counsel. See Defense counsel; Prosecutors

Court of Last Resort, The, 18

courtroom spectators, 443-52

Cowans, Stephan, 346-47

Craig, (Dodd v. State), 425

crime laboratories. See Forensics laboratories

Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), 588

criminal justice process, 21-87

habeas corpus and free-standing claims of innocence, 71-86

participants and decision points in, 21

police and arrest decision, 22-29

post-conviction review, 66-71

proof beyond reasonable doubt in criminal trial, 48-55

prosecutor's decisions, 29-48

sufficiency of evidence in appellate review, 55-66

Cruise, Walter, 237

Cruz, Rolando, 38, 316

D

Dalianis, Linda S. (State v. Whittaker), 293-98

damages. See Compensation for wrongfully convicted

Danzinger, Richard, 504-5

Daubert test, 320-21, 336-37

criticism, 337

misunderstanding of, 337

State v. Porter, 321-36

Davis, Troy, 83-86

death penalty. See also Executions

Illinois Commission recommendations on, 552

Maryland statute on, 536

death penalty cases, 521-68

death-qualified juries and, 553-67

decline in, 567

informant testimony in, 420-22

Quinones I, II, and III, 522-36

in Supreme Court, 536-52

wrongful conviction in, 17

Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)

clemency, 571

criteria for innocence, 10-11

innocence list, 230

death-qualified juries, 553-67

jury selection and, 566

studies on, 567

defendant, testimony on prior convictions of, 461-67

defense

affirmative, 54-55

court-appointed experts and, 300-13

"wrong person," 471

defense attorney's fallacy, 383

defense counsel, 279-314

court-appointed, 280-88

ineffective, 288-300

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). See DNA analysis

Deskovic, Jeffrey, 590

Dickson, Brent E. (Norris v. State), 515-16

DNA analysis, 17-18

admissibility of, 368-84

match statistics and, 369-77, 384

mitochondrial, 367

post-conviction access to, 257-76, 579

prosecutor's fallacy and, 378-84

reference sources on misuse of, 383-84

reference sources on, 375

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