Convicting Avery : the bizarre laws and broken system behind Making a murderer
by Cicchini, Michael D., 1967- (Author)
Summary
"A criminal defense attorney goes beyond the popular Netflix documentary to detail the legal nightmare that led to the conviction of Steven Avery"-- Provided by publisher. Full description
- 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.