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Lawyers, Guns, and Money: What Price Justice?
The 1997 US Supreme Court decision in Bracy v. Gramley did not go far enough to protect the rights of a man accused of murder in a trial before a judge later proved to be corrupt. The man was found guilty and sentenced to death. The judge was later found to have accepted bribes to acquit defendants....
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Published in: | The journal of criminal law & criminology 1998-04, Vol.88 (3), p.1087-1120 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The 1997 US Supreme Court decision in Bracy v. Gramley did not go far enough to protect the rights of a man accused of murder in a trial before a judge later proved to be corrupt. The man was found guilty and sentenced to death. The judge was later found to have accepted bribes to acquit defendants. The Supreme Court allowed the man discovery to show his judge was corrupt. The court should have reversed the conviction of the man accused of murder. |
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ISSN: | 0091-4169 2160-0325 |
DOI: | 10.2307/3491362 |