Officials' estimates of the incidence of "actual innocence" convictions

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-100

  Zalman, Marvin ^a   Smith, Brad ^a   Kiger, Angie ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actual innocence; Convictions; Estimates; Incidence; Officials; Wrongful conviction

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549112918     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820801954563     Document Type: Article

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