AGAINST THE LAW - THE NIXON COURT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• NCJ Number: 17804
• Author(s): L W Levy
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 522 pages
• Sale Source: Harper and Row
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXPLORES CRIMINAL JUSTICE DECISIONS SINCE THE NIXON APPOINTEES AND JUDGES THEM TO HAVE A PROSECUTORIAL BIAS.

Abstract

DECISIONS RELATING TO THE FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND EIGHTH AMENDMENTS ARE ANALYZED. SEARCH AND SEIZURE, THE RIGHT AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION, THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL, TRIAL BY JURY, FAIR TRIAL, AND THE DEATH PENALTY ARE THE SUBJECTS TREATED IN THE DECISIONS EXAMINED. THE DECISIONS ARE DEEMED TO ERR IN PRESERVING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED AND TO CONSTITUTE AN EXPANSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORIAL INVASION OF THE PRIVACY AND ADVOCACY RIGHTS OF SUSPECTS AND ACCUSED PERSONS. THE DECISIONS ARE FURTHER CONSIDERED TO LACK SOUND, OBJECTIVE LEGAL RATIONALE, AND SUPPORTIVE PRECEDENT. THE FOUR NIXON APPOINTEES AND WHITE ARE VIEWED AS THE MOST CONSISTENT MAJORITY LEADING THE COURT'S TREND IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE MATTERS.