Wrongful Conviction: Causes and Consequences
In Zusammenarbeit mit der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Freiburg und dem Carl-Schurz-Haus/Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut e.V. sowie Amnesty International Südbaden
Referent: Prof. Dr. Robert Schehr (Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff)
Donnerstag / 29.10.15 / 20 Uhr c.t. / HS 1199, KG I
Veranstaltungssprache: Englisch
The human rights movement to understand the causes of, and remedies for wrongful convictions - the conviction of an actually innocent person - is global. Currently in the United States, there are 1,635 documented exonerations of actually innocent men and women. In this presentation Prof. Dr. Robert Schehr will provide an overview of the scholarship of wrongful conviction, a discussion of prototypical cases, and offer suggestions for ways to improve crime scene investigation and criminal due process.
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| Quelle: Carl-Schurz-Haus Freiburg |
| Prof. Dr. Robert Schehr is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. He is also a Fulbright Scholar currently in residence at Griffith College Law School in Dublin, Ireland. |