Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Course Title:
Wrongful Conviction
Course Number:
LNDN PSCI 3121
Course Description:
Since the 1990s innocence projects have developed around the world to address the
wrongful conviction of innocence people. As there is no such thing as a perfect criminal justice system, this is a global problem. Justin Brooks and Louise Hewitt have been leaders in the battle against wrongful convictions on both sides of the Atlantic thought their work as directors and professors at the California and London Innocence Projects. Their projects investigate and litigate claims of innocence, along with law and criminology students enrolled as students in their projects.
Students in this course will learn about the causes of wrongful conviction and the work being done around the world to remedy the problem. They will learn a great deal of comparative substantive and procedural law from both the U.S. and British perspective.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 329, GOVT 398
Attachment Files:
LON - Wrongful Conviction - UK - US Comparative Perspectives.pdf
