CJS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Forensic Science, Homicide, Miscarriage

• School: Tunxis Community College
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJS 101
• Professor: Marchand

Document Summary

False confessions by the accused who voluntarily confess to crime he or. Testimony of jailhouse informants who give information to police about. Unprofessional conduct on the part of the police, prosecutor, and judges. 40% of reported crimes in the 1920s were (228-230) accused of black defendants when they only constituted 20% of the. From 1968-1976, canada had a moratorium (stopped) to the death penalty. In 1987 they decided not to reinstate the death penalty. 52% of canadians believe in the reinstatement of the death penalty for the killing of the death penalty. The americans are more punitive when it comes to the death penalty. Executions may have a brutalization effect which prompts more rather than fewer homicides. Soon after a well publicized execution takes place, homicide rates increase. Those without the death penalty have fewer rates of homicide. Retribution saying murderers deserve to die because the have taken the.