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Oct 3, 20202 min read

Jails and Prisons: COVID-19 Hotspots that need to be Contained

The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated many socioeconomic difficulties in our society. If you were lucky, you were able to stay home...

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Sep 25, 20201 min read

Are kids too immature to plea?

If you were arrested right now, do you feel confident enough in your knowledge of the criminal justice system to navigate the arrest,...

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Sep 18, 20202 min read

Mother Knows Best.... When She is Legally Informed

Review of Mothers’ Legal Knowledge and Juvenile Arrests by Cavanaugh, Paruk & Cauffman (2020)

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Sep 11, 20203 min read

“Jury of your peers”: A standard we aren’t currently meeting

If you were asked to describe the American justice system, how would you describe it? Does your description include the phrase “jury of...

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Sep 4, 20202 min read

Can we view police body cam evidence objectively?

Review of Subjective Interpretation of “Objective” Video Evidence by Salerno and Sanchez (2020)

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Aug 28, 20203 min read

Eyewitness Identifications: How reliable are they really?

Review of Wells et al. (2020) revised Eyewitness White Paper.

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Aug 21, 20202 min read

Does mathematical ability make you a better juror?

Imagine you were called for jury duty and asked to decide a case where a pedestrian was hit by a car. It was clear the driver was...

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