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ABOUT GUILT AND INNOCENCE: THE ORIGINS, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUTURE OF CONSTITUTIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. By Donald A. Dripps. (1) Praeger Publishers. 2003. xix + 295 pp. $85.95.

INTRODUCTION

To listen to those who teach and study American constitutional criminal procedure, the Supreme Court's jurisprudence in this field is a mess. Scholars from different political perspectives share the view that the Court's criminal procedure rulings are often inconsistent, out...