PRELIMINARY HEARINGS IN HOMICIDE CASES - A HEARING DELAYED IS A HEARING DENIED

• NCJ Number: 5395
• Journal: JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW, CRIMINOLOGY AND POLICE SCIENCE Volume: 62 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1971) Pages: 17-28
• Author(s): W H THEIS
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Williams and Wilkins Co
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF PRE-INDICTMENT JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN ILLINOIS EMPHASIZING THE PROSECUTOR'S POWER TO AVOID THEM.

Abstract

A FIELD STUDY OF HOMICIDE CASES INDICATED THAT PROSECUTORS EXERCISE THIS POWER AT GREAT COST TO DEFENDANTS. ALTERNATIVE LEGAL THEORIES TO CHANGE PRESENT PRACTICES ARE DISCUSSED, AND LEGISLATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO JUDICIAL ACTION ARE SUGGESTED. AUTHOR MODIFIED