COURTS - THE RIGHT TO FACE ONE'S ACCUSER - A LOOK AT THE PRELIMINARY HEARING PROCESS IN THE UNITED STATES

• NCJ Number: 41589
• Author(s): R H WILLIAMS
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 23 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PRESENTED AT CRIMINAL JUSTICE PANEL - NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK POLITICAL SCIENTISTS - ATLANTA, GEORGIA MARCH 18, 1977

Annotation

THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT THE PRELIMINARY HEARING PROCESS DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO THE ACCUSED. PLEA-BARGAINING, IN PARTICULAR, UNDERCUTS DUE PROCESS. ALSO, GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS CAN UNDERMINE THE ACCUSED'S RIGHTS....BDS