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Aphantasia: Why Truthful Witnesses Can Sound Like Liars by Richard Resch by Richard Resch "Close your eyes. Picture it. Now tell me exactly what you saw.” Across America, police treat this as a credibility test. Every day, truthful people fail it. That is the detective in the interview room. In …
Class Incarceration Has Become a Prominent Factor in Mass Incarceration by Charles "Keith" Wampler Although the issue is not even close to being resolved, the United States has, in recent years, made some noticeable progress on the issue of racial disparity in our criminal justice system. Regardless of what research …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2025
Maryland Supreme Court Announces New Constitutional Rule Requiring Voir Dire Questions Related to Child-Witness Credibility and Abrogates Prior Inconsistent Case Law by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The Supreme Court of Maryland announced a new rule of constitutional law permitting defendants to ask potential jurors during jury selection whether they …
Kentucky Supreme Court: Trial Court Abused Discretion by ‘Rehabilitating’ Juror Who Indicated Could Not Be Impartial and Failing to Strike Juror by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Kentucky concluded a trial court abused its discretion by failing to find a juror had evinced “a reasonable …
Article • December 15, 2023 • from CLN December, 2023
Indiana Supreme Court Reverses Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction Where Trial Court Denied Defense Counsel Opportunity to Directly Voir Dire Prospective Jurors by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Indiana reversed Kyle N. Doroszko’s involuntary manslaughter conviction because the trial court denied defense counsel the opportunity to voir dire …
Article • May 15, 2023 • from CLN June, 2023
Washington Supreme Court Announces Adoption of ‘Rule of Automatic Reversal’ When Prosecutor Flagrantly Appeals to Racial and Ethnic Bias During Voir Dire by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Supreme Court of Washington, sitting en banc, announced a new rule for situations involving flagrant appeals to racial and ethnic bias …
Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
Police Violence Ignored When It Fails to Support the Media’s Ideological Bias by Benjamin Tschirhart, Richard Resch by Benjamin Tschirhart and Richard Resch The tragic shootings of Black people by white police officers are a catalyst for national outrage. They are regular grist for the media mill across the country …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from CLN May, 2022
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Maryland Court of Appeals Announces Accepting Empaneled Jury Doesn’t Waive Prior Objection to Trial Court’s Refusal to Propound a Voir Dire Question by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed a decision of the Court of Special Appeals (“CSA”) that held a defendant’s acceptance of …
Article • October 15, 2021 • from CLN November, 2021
Experts Agree: Police Public Relations Consistently Mislead the Public by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Police officers have, for much of American history, had a remarkable hold on public trust. That hold, however, has loosened in recent years as the ubiquity of cameras has grown and more police misconduct is …
Article • February 15, 2021 • from CLN March, 2021
North Carolina Supreme Court: Superior Court Abused Discretion by Flatly Prohibiting Questions on Racial Bias During Voir Dire by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of North Carolina held that a superior court abused its discretion when it flatly prohibited the defense’s questions during voir dire regarding racial …
Publication • March 26, 2018
A Deeper Dive into Racial Disparities in Policing in Vermont, Stephanie Seguino and Nancy Brooks, 2018 A Deeper Dive into Racial Disparities in Policing in Vermont Stephanie Seguino Professor Department of Economics & Fellow, Gund Institute for the Environment University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05401 stephanie.seguino@uvm.edu and Nancy Brooks Visiting …