SOC 3490 Lecture Notes - Tunnel Vision, Guy Paul Morin, Donald Marshall, Jr.
10 Apr 2013
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Sec 696. 1 allows for review of wc cases. Agents of social control: shift blame to others: witnesses unreliable or couldn"t remember. Juries tend to believe b/c why would they lie to the court. Targets are mostly the marginalized: lower classes. Leo mcguigan (crown in morin second trial): innocuous process. 4 some problems w components of the justice system and human error. Police: don"t tell them all their rights, may lose evidence on purpose, pick up wrong ppl b/c need suspect. Crown attorneys: make name for themselves. Judges: class diffs, racism, biases (construct jury right??) 5 problem w wcs: targets are the lower classes. Donald marshall jr: 1970s wrongful convictions weren"t talked about. 1: for killing neice, 1984 convicted, 11 yrs, aboriginal. William mullins-johnson: odd personality, talked odd, 8a structural problems (sps) w/i justice system: confessions rule. Mr. big stings: believes talking to legit criminal org. Oickle (2000) rule: don"t use excessive coercion. Refers to persons in authority or control .
