- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Principal Cases of Wrongful Conviction in China
-
Introduction Empirical Studies on Wrongful Convictions -
Part One The Misleading Roads Illustrated in the Teng Xingshan Case: (Back from the Dead I) -
Chapter One The Setting of Inappropriately Tight Deadlines for Solving Criminal Cases -
Chapter Two The “From Confession to Evidence” Model of Criminal Investigation -
Chapter Three The Misinterpretation of Scientific Evidence -
Chapter Four The Continued Use of Torture to Extract Confessions -
Chapter Five The One-Sided and Prejudicial Collection of Evidence -
Part Two The Misleading Roads Illustrated in the She Xianglin Case: (Back from the Dead II) -
Chapter Six The Bowing to Public Opinion in Contradiction to Legal Principles -
Chapter Seven The Unlawfully Extended Custody with Tunnel Vision -
Chapter Eight The Nominal Checks among the Police, the Procuratorate, and the Court -
Chapter Nine The Nominalization of Courtroom Trials -
Chapter Ten The Reduction of Punishment in a Case of Doubt -
Part Three New Developments in the Criminal Justice System following the Zhao Zuohai Case: (Back from the Dead III) -
Chapter Eleven The Exclusionary Rules against Illegally Obtained Evidence -
Chapter Twelve From Investigation Centeredness to Trial Centeredness -
Chapter Thirteen Reform of the People’s Juror System -
Chapter Fourteen Reform of the Criminal Retrial System -
Chapter Fifteen Changing the Mind-Set for Criminal Justice - Postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
The Misinterpretation of Scientific Evidence
The Misinterpretation of Scientific Evidence
- Chapter:
- (p.31) Chapter Three The Misinterpretation of Scientific Evidence
- Source:
- Back from the Dead
- Author(s):
Jiahong He
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
In a well-known case of “back from the dead,” Teng Xingshan was convicted in Hunan for murdering his mistress and sentenced to death in 1988. Several years after his execution, it was discovered that the supposed victim was still alive. The Hunan High People's Court issued a revised judgment in accordance with trial supervision procedure and declared that Teng Xingshan was not guilty. Based on analysis of the Teng Xingshan case, this chapter outlines major types of interpretive errors and asserts the importance of accurate interpretation of scientific evidence as well as awareness of its fallibility.
Keywords: investigation, scientific evidence, class identification, individualization, physical evidence, probability, lie detection, fingerprint analysis, footprint analysis, Teng Xingshan
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Principal Cases of Wrongful Conviction in China
-
Introduction Empirical Studies on Wrongful Convictions -
Part One The Misleading Roads Illustrated in the Teng Xingshan Case: (Back from the Dead I) -
Chapter One The Setting of Inappropriately Tight Deadlines for Solving Criminal Cases -
Chapter Two The “From Confession to Evidence” Model of Criminal Investigation -
Chapter Three The Misinterpretation of Scientific Evidence -
Chapter Four The Continued Use of Torture to Extract Confessions -
Chapter Five The One-Sided and Prejudicial Collection of Evidence -
Part Two The Misleading Roads Illustrated in the She Xianglin Case: (Back from the Dead II) -
Chapter Six The Bowing to Public Opinion in Contradiction to Legal Principles -
Chapter Seven The Unlawfully Extended Custody with Tunnel Vision -
Chapter Eight The Nominal Checks among the Police, the Procuratorate, and the Court -
Chapter Nine The Nominalization of Courtroom Trials -
Chapter Ten The Reduction of Punishment in a Case of Doubt -
Part Three New Developments in the Criminal Justice System following the Zhao Zuohai Case: (Back from the Dead III) -
Chapter Eleven The Exclusionary Rules against Illegally Obtained Evidence -
Chapter Twelve From Investigation Centeredness to Trial Centeredness -
Chapter Thirteen Reform of the People’s Juror System -
Chapter Fourteen Reform of the Criminal Retrial System -
Chapter Fifteen Changing the Mind-Set for Criminal Justice - Postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
