Showing posts with label expert witnesses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label expert witnesses. Show all posts
February 15, 2020

Flawed science? Two efforts launched to improve scientific validity of psychological test evidence in court

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There’s this forensic psychologist, we’ll call him Dr. Harms, who is infamous for his unorthodox approach. He scampers around the country ...
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August 25, 2013

Forensnips aplenty, forensnips galore

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Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the r...
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April 17, 2013

'Digital lynch mob' assaults expert witness in televised murder trial

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Imagine you are testifying in a high-profile murder case being live-streamed over the Internet. Suddenly, an angry mob swarms all over you. ...
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March 5, 2013

Remarkable experiment proves pull of adversarial allegiance

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  Psychologists' scoring of forensic tools depends on which side they believe has hired them A brilliant experiment has proven th...
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December 9, 2012

Documentary targets family courts and custody evaluators

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Stuck in the middle of nowhere on a case, I happened to catch the new documentary No Way Out But One , depicting injustices against abused w...
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November 28, 2012

Jury Expert: Timely focus on false confessions

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"Why on earth would anyone, anywhere, ever confess to a serious crime they did not commit? Especially something like murder? Seriou...
October 27, 2012

Another one bites the dust: Hollow SVP prosecution no match for jurors' common sense

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15 minutes. After a five-week trial, that's how long it took a jury in a rural Northern California county to decide that an openly g...