Search Results - "Gross, Samuel R."

Rate of false conviction of criminal defendants who are sentenced to death by Gross, Samuel R., O'Brien, Barbara, Hu, Chen, Kennedy, Edward H.

“…The rate of erroneous conviction of innocent criminal defendants is often described as not merely unknown but unknowable. There is no systematic method to…”
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ERRORS IN MISDEMEANOR ADJUDICATION by Gross, Samuel R

“…If you believe this reflects the actual rate of errors in the ninety-five percent of felony convictions that are based on plea bargains, it's very reassuring…”
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Road Work: Racial Profiling and Drug Interdiction on the Highway by Gross, Samuel R., Barnes, Katherine Y.

“…It is not news that American police officers devote a disproportionate amount of their attention to racial and ethnic minorities. The phrase "racial…”
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Jurisdictional Competition in Criminal Justice: How Much Does It Really Happen? by Gross, Samuel R.

“…It's a familiar image from American fiction: the bad guy ridden out of town on a rail or beaten up by the sheriff and dumped on the next train out. Where do…”
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Convicting the Innocent by Gross, Samuel R

“…Almost everything we know about false convictions is based on exonerations in rape and murder cases, which together account for only 2% of felony convictions…”
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David Baldus and the legacy of McCleskey v. Kemp by Gross, Samuel R

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Exonerations in the United States 1989 through 2003 by Gross, Samuel R., Jacoby, Kristen, Matheson, Daniel J., Montgomery, Nicholas, Patil, Sujata

“…Gross et al provide a comprehensive study of exonerations in the US from 1989 through 2003. Therein, they discuss all exonerations that they have been able to…”
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Frequency and Predictors of False Conviction: Why We Know So Little, and New Data on Capital Cases by Gross, Samuel R., O'Brien, Barbara

“…In the first part of this article, we address the problems inherent in studying wrongful convictions: our pervasive ignorance and the extreme difficulty of…”
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What they say at the end: Capital victims' families and the press by Gross, Samuel R, Matheson, Daniel J

“…Perhaps the most common complaint by American crime victims and their families is that they are ignored-by the police, by the prosecutors, by the courts and by…”
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Racial Profiling under Attack by Gross, Samuel R., Livingston, Debra

“…The events of September 11, 2001, have sparked a fierce debate over racial profiling. Many who readily condemned the practice a year ago have had second…”
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Don't try: Civil jury verdicts in a system geared to settlement by Gross, Samuel R, Syverud, Kent D

“…The essence of adversarial litigation is procedure. Justice is defined in procedural terms: the judgment of a competent court following a trial that was…”
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Detection of Deception: The Case of Handwriting Expertise by Gross, Samuel R.

“…The basic method of handwriting identification compares the questioned writing with other writings by the supposed writer. But on what basis did handwriting…”
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Getting to No: A Study of Settlement Negotiations and the Selection of Cases for Trial by Gross, Samuel R., Syverud, Kent D.

“…Although trial is often celebrated as the centerpiece of the US system of justice, it is not only an uncommon method of resolving disputes, but also a…”
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Lost Lives: Miscarriages of Justice in Capital Cases by Gross, Samuel R.

“…Gross discusses the incidence of erroneous convictions for capital murder, which are systematic consequences of the natuere of homicide prosection in general…”
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CRIME, POLITICS, AND RACE by Gross, Samuel R

“…Gross believes the best way to improve justice within the criminal justice system is to prevent crime; he does not advocate big government programs but rather…”
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Loss of Innocence: Eyewitness Identification and Proof of Guilt by Gross, Samuel R.

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The American Advantage: The Value of Inefficient Litigation by Gross, Samuel R.

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Patterns of Death: An Analysis of Racial Disparities in Capital Sentencing and Homicide Victimization by Gross, Samuel R., Mauro, Robert

“…Data from 1976-80. Examines patterns of capital sentencing in several states to determine whether race of killer and victim was a factor in the imposition of…”
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Determining the Neutrality of Death-Qualified Juries: Judicial Appraisal of Empirical Data by Gross, Samuel R

“…Traces the legal history of death qualification, citing specific cases (e.g., Witherspoon vs Illinois ), and discusses the concept of jury neutrality, the…”
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Clinical Realism: Simulated Hearings Based on Actual Events in Students' Lives by Gross, Samuel R.

“…A clinical law simulation exercise based on students testimony about events in their own lives was designed to train students as effective trial lawyers…”
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