The ‘Blue Wall of Silence’ as Evidence of Bias and Motive to Lie: A New Approach to Police Perjury

Chin, Gabriel "Jack"; Wells, Scott

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The ‘Blue Wall of Silence’ as Evidence of Bias and Motive to Lie: A New Approach to Police Perjury

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 233, 1998

67 Pages Posted: 17 Apr 2011

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Gabriel "Jack" Chin

University of California, Davis - School of Law

Scott Wells

New York University School of Law

Date Written: January 14, 1998

Abstract

This paper outlines the problem of police perjury in the United States, and some of the problems the criminal justice system faces in rooting it out.

Keywords: blue wall of silence, police perjury, testilying, evidence, impeachment

JEL Classification: K42

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Chin, Gabriel Jackson and Wells, Scott, The ‘Blue Wall of Silence’ as Evidence of Bias and Motive to Lie: A New Approach to Police Perjury (January 14, 1998). University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 233, 1998, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1810012