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008			220725s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2022031911
020			_a9781620977040 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9781620977781 _q(ebook)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC _dMiTN
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050	0	0	_aKF9678 _b.D93 2023
082	0	0	_a345.73/072 _223/eng/20221201
100	1		_aDybdahl, Thomas L.,
245	1	0	_aWhen innocence is not enough : _bhidden evidence and the failed promise of the Brady rule / _cThomas L. Dybdahl.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bThe New Press, _c2023.
300			_axi, 271 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aLove, death, and the birth of Brady -- The woman in the alley -- Setting Brady's borders -- Prisoners of their hunch -- The battle for Brady's heart -- The biggest murder trial in DC history -- An epidemic of violations -- The long way home -- The failure and the hope.
520			_a"The Brady rule was meant to transform the justice system. In soaring language, the Supreme Court decreed in 1963 that prosecutors must share favorable evidence with the defense-part of a suite of decisions of that reform-minded era designed to promote fairness for those accused of crimes. But reality intervened. The opinion faced many challenges, ranging from poor legal reasoning and shaky precedent to its clashes with the very foundations of the American criminal legal system and some of its most powerful enforcers: prosecutors. In this beautifully wrought work of narrative nonfiction, Dybdahl illustrates the promise and shortcomings of the Brady rule through deft storytelling and attention to crucial cases, including the infamous 1984 murder of Catherine Fuller in Washington, DC, which led to eight young Black men being sent to prison for life after the prosecutor, afraid of losing the biggest case of his career, hid information that would have proven their innocence. With a seasoned defense lawyer's unsparing eye for detail, Thomas L. Dybdahl chronicles the evolution of the Brady rule-from its unexpected birth to the series of legal challenges that left it defanged and ineffective. Yet Dybdahl shows us a path forward by highlighting promising reform efforts across the country which offer a blueprint for a legislative revival of Brady's true spirit"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aDiscovery (Law) _zUnited States.
650		0	_aExculpatory evidence _zUnited States.
650		0	_aJudicial error _zUnited States.
650		0	_aProsecution _xCorrupt practices _zUnited States.
653			_aBrady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)
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