Document Type
Syllabi
School
HSL (archive only)
Department
LAW
Course Subject
LAW
Course Number
9318
Course Section
1
Course Title
Wrongful Convictions
Academic Term and Year
Fall 2014
Credits
2
Area of Study
PLHR
Course Description
This course will examine the reasons behind wrongful convictions in the United States. There are many people in this nation convicted of, and serving time for, crimes they did not commit. Over 267 people have already been exonerated of crimes for which they were convicted. The course will include lecture, discussion and guest speakers about eyewitness identification, false confessions, snitches and informants, government misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, forensic science including DNA testing, post-conviction remedies, the death penalty, media and investigative journalism, and racial bias. The course will also include in-class exercises designed to help deal with these issues as a practitioner. Every Other Year Course
Recommended Citation
Jonas, Julie, "LAW9318-1.Wrongful Convictions.F14.Jonas,Julie" (2014). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 28.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/28