Predictors of miscarriages of justice in capital cases

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 950-968

  Harmon, Talia Roitberg ^a  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346485826     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820100095141     Document Type: Article

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