ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Cassell, P., (1999), “The Guilty and the Innocent: An Examination of Alleged Cases of Wrongful Conviction from False Confessions”, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 22(2), pp. 523-603.

Summary:

This article is related to the latest and current statements which have been made for the police officials who obtained "false" confessions from an innocent and non accountable individual which sometimes led to the indictment of the innocent person. This paper discuses some of the claims, considering in detail various number of stated confessions that are false and wrong collected though the survey in this paper. The papers specialize in the classes that might be drawn from the significant number of responsible criminals in the selection of "innocent" wrong confessors. Furthermore, the academic research not following the law should not always rely on the media information of the evidence against criminal violators

Etienne, M., (2003), “Acceptance Of Responsibility And Plea Bargaining Under The Feeney Amendment”, Federal Sentencing Reporter, 16(2), pp. 109-113.

Summary:

This article by Etienne M refers the views of congress which have made amendments in the legislations in order to accept the responsibility of the provision do the Federal Sentencing Guidelines along with its implication foe the process of plea and negotiation. Various factors of the Prosecutorial Remedies and Tools against the Exploitation of Children Today Act (PROTECT Act), known greatly as the Feeney Amendment, have been belittled but few experts have regarded its results on "acceptance of responsibility." This Paper claims that this factor of the variation may be the most far-reaching insofar as it will further change the stability of energy between the immunity and legal prosecution in federal legal asking negotiating.

Ferrall, B., (2003), “Sentencing”, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 94(1), pp.241-241.

Summary:

The paper identifies phrases based mainly on two factors:

The perform associated with the crime

The defendant's legal record.

The Sentencing Manual reveals the connection between these two factors; for each coupling of crime stage and legal record classification, the Desk identifies a sentencing range, in several weeks, within which the court may phrase an accused. If, however, a person with a comprehensive legal record dedicated the same crime in the same style in the same modern schedule and not during the older guide times, the Suggestions would suggest a sentence of 84-105 months.

Garrett, B., (2010), “The Substance of False Confessions”, Stanford Law Review, 62(4), pp. 1051-1119.

Summary:

This paper discusses the challenges which are brought up by major incidents of false confessions: How could not guilty on well acknowledge to a crime? Post conviction DNA examining has now exonerated over 250 convicts, more than 40 of whom incorrectly revealed to rapes and killings. Consequently, there is a new attention that not guilty individuals incorrectly acknowledge, often due to emotional demand placed upon them during law enforcement interrogations. This paper requires a different strategy, by analyzing the material of incorrect confessions, such as what was said during interrogations and how the admission claims were then legally contested at test and post ...