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71 Syracuse L. Rev. 1061 (2021)
Mapping the Path of Brady Violations: Typologies, Causes & Consequences in Erroneous Conviction Cases

handle is hein.journals/syrlr71 and id is 1093 raw text is: MAPPING THE PATH OF BRADY VIOLATIONS: TYPOLOGIES, CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES IN ERRONEOUS CONVICTION CASESt Jon B. Gould,tt Samantha L. Senn,ttt Bel6n Lowrey- Kinberg,tttt and Linda Phirittttt Corresponding author: jon.gould@asu.edu TABLE OF CONTENTS I. BRADY VIOLATIONS & ERRONEOUS CONVICTIONS....................1067 A. Withholding Exculpatory Evidence ..................................1067 B. Brady Violations as Sources of Erroneous Convictions... 1070 II. THE PRESENT STUDY...............................................................1071 A. Case Selection ..................................................................1073 B. Data Collection ................................................................1074 C. Decision-Tree Modeling ...................................................1075 D. Decision-Tree Example: Ayers's Case.............................1077 E. Key Questions ...................................................................1078 III. F IN D IN G S ..................................................................................1079 A. Type & Timing of Evidence ..............................................1080 B. Responsibility & Mindset Nondisclosure .........................1081 C. Bases for Nondisclosure...................................................1082 D. The Path from Crime to Erroneous Conviction ...............1083 E. Tim ing of Evidence ...........................................................1084 F. Basis vs. Motive ................................................................1085 G. Source of Eventual Disclosure .........................................1090 H . Other Sources of Error.....................................................1091 t This is a research paper based on a study the authors conducted subject to a Human Subjects Research Plan, requiring confidentiality of the materials in all but one of the cases studied. Sources and details related to the cases studied have not been independently verified by Syracuse Law Review and Syracuse Law Review did not complete a peer review of the study or of the conclusions drawn by the authors. The authors thank Loralys McDaniel and Holly Champagne for research assistance. tt Foundation Professor of Criminology, Law and Justice and Director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University. Ph.D., University of Chicago; J.D. and M.P.P., Harvard University; A.B., University of Michigan. ttt M.A., American University. M.A., Marymount University; B.A., University of Tennessee. tttt Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, St. Francis College. Ph.D., American University; M.A., Hofstra University; B.A., Florida Atlantic University. ttttt Doctoral Candidate in Justice, Law & Criminology, American University; M.Phil., University of Cambridge; B.A., Brandeis University.