APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Can Judicial Instructions Combat Jailhouse Informant Testimony?
- Morgan Peterson
Butler University - Stacy Wetmore
Butler University - Melanie Fessinger
University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Jeffrey Neuschatz
The University of Alabama in Huntsville - Brian Bornstein
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Jonathan Golding
University of Kentucky
Abstract
Jailhouse informants are prominent sources of wrongful conviction with the least amount of oversight. The current study investigated whether judicial instructions proposed by The State of Connecticut can provide protection against pernicious testimony. We examined verdict rates and evaluations of the jailhouse informant.
Forensic/Criminal Justice
