Whose justice? Prosecution and defense reactions to capital-case reversals

Justice System Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-384

  Parker, Paul ^a   Coate, Ben ^a  

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EID: 56049110537     PISSN: 0098261X     EISSN: 23277556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0098261X.2008.10767901     Document Type: Article

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