Miscarriages of Justice

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As a social institution created and staffed by humans, the legal system makes mistakes. From eyewitness misidentification to false confessions, prosecutorial misconduct to wrongful convictions, errors both large and small, intentional or not, happen with alarming frequency in the American legal system. This course will examine the breadth of the injustices across the system and what, if anything, can be done about them.