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  1. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    Justice cannot be equal where, simply as a result of his poverty, a defendant is denied the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding in which his liberty is at stake.
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  2. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    Hopt v. Utah, the Supreme Court ruled that a confession is not admissible if it is obtained by operating on the hopes or fears of the accused, and in doing so deprives him of the freedom of will or self-control necessary to make a voluntary statement.
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  3. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    Miranda v. Arizona, the most famous of all self-incrimination cases, the Supreme Court imposed procedural safeguards to protect the rights of the accused. A suspect has a constitutional right not to be compelled to talk, and any statement made during an interrogation cannot be used in court unless the police and the prosecutor can prove that the suspect clearly understood that {1} he had the right to remain silent, {2} anything said could be used against him in court, and {3} he had a right to an attorney, whether or not he could afford one. If, during an interrogation, the accused requests an attorney, then the questioning stops immediately.
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  4. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects against self-incrimination,
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  5. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    Bram v. United States, said that a statement must be free and voluntary, not extracted by any sorts of threats or violence or promises, however slight. A confession obtained from an accused who has been threatened cannot be admissible.
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  6. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    Since 1990, Oklahoma has executed more convicts on a per capita basis than any other state. No place, not even Texas, comes close.
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  7. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    The prosecution was forced into the bizarre position of admitting Ward and Fontenot were lying while asking the jurors to believe them
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  8. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    In Ake v. Oklahoma, the Court said: "When a State brings its judicial power to bear on an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding, it must take steps to assure that the defendant has a fair opportunity to present his defense…. Justice cannot be equal where, simply as a result of his poverty, a defendant is denied the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding in which his liberty is at stake.
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  9. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    1956, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case known as Bishop v. United States, ruled that the conviction of a mentally incompetent person was a denial of due process. Where doubt exists as to a person's mental competency, the failure to conduct a proper inquiry is a deprivation of his constitutional rights.
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  10. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    There's an old adage in bad trial lawyering that when you don't have the facts, do a lot of yelling.
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  11. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    A hundred years earlier, in Hopt v. Utah, the Supreme Court ruled that a confession is not admissible if it is obtained by operating on the hopes or fears of the accused, and in doing so deprives him of the freedom of will or self-control necessary to make a voluntary statement. In 1897, the Court, in Bram v. United States, said that a statement must be free and voluntary, not extracted by any sorts of threats or violence or promises, however slight. A
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  12. John Grisham _ The Innocent Man: Murder and

    No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete.
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