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Criminal Discovery, Scientific Evidence, And Dna, Paul C. Giannelli
Criminal Discovery, Scientific Evidence, And Dna, Paul C. Giannelli
Vanderbilt Law Review
"At bottom the case against Claus von Bilow was a scientific case. It would have to be refuted by scientific evidence,"' wrote Alan Dershowitz. The von Bilow case is not alone. Many recent notorious criminal trials involved scientific proof. For example, the prosecution offered hypnotically refreshed testimony and bite mark evidence in the Ted Bundy case. Fiber evidence proved critical in the trial of Wayne Williams for the murder of two of the thirty young black males killed in Atlanta in the late 1970s.' Other illustrations include the pathology and serology testimony in the Jean Harris trial, the forensic analysis …
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
JAPANESE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
By A. Didrick Castberg
New York, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1990. Pp. 153. $42.95.
THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
By David P. Forsythe
Lexington, Massachusetts; Lexington Books, 1991. Pp. 209.$34.00.
FEDERAL COURTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PARADIGM By Kenneth C. Randall
Durham, North Carolina; Duke University Press. 1990. Pp. 295. $45.00.
ROMAN LAW AND COMPARATIVE LAW
By Alan Watson
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1991. Pp. 328. $50.00
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND FOREIGN POLICY
By Victoria Marie Kraft
New York, New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. Pp. 185. $45.00.
Breaking The Silence: Should Jurors Be Allowed To Question Witnesses During Trial?, Jeffrey S. Berkowitz
Breaking The Silence: Should Jurors Be Allowed To Question Witnesses During Trial?, Jeffrey S. Berkowitz
Vanderbilt Law Review
The above line of questioning destroyed the defendant's chance of being acquitted. Surprisingly, however, the questions that sealed the defendant's fate were raised by a juror after the prosecutor had failed to elicit the devastating facts.'
The notion of allowing jurors to question witnesses during a trial is not a novel one, but the governmental entities responsible for supervising the court system never have encouraged the practice.' As a result, juror questioning is not widespread.' This situation, however, may be changing. During 1989 judges in at least thirty states, including New York, California, and Connecticut, agreed to conduct the first …