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Rethinking Guild, Juries, And Jeopardy, George C. Thomas Iii, Barry S. Pollack
Rethinking Guild, Juries, And Jeopardy, George C. Thomas Iii, Barry S. Pollack
Michigan Law Review
We have attempted in this article to "begin over again and concentrate" by taking a fresh look at the interplay between guilt and jury verdicts. Somewhat to our surprise, we discovered that guilt is undefinable without reference to the larger society. We also discovered that our risk-of-error experiments implicated the principle of double jeopardy. When we began this thought experiment, we intended only to test the risk of error in various jury configurations and verdicts. We ended, however, by articulating a more fundamental principle: guilt is nothing more, and nothing less, than the judgment of society. Any verdict that accurately …
Booth V. Maryland, Insights Into The Contemporary Challenges To Judging, Joan M. Shaughnessy
Booth V. Maryland, Insights Into The Contemporary Challenges To Judging, Joan M. Shaughnessy
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Mysteries Of Violence And Self-Defense: Myths For Men, Cautionary Tales For Women, Marianne Wesson
Mysteries Of Violence And Self-Defense: Myths For Men, Cautionary Tales For Women, Marianne Wesson
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Dispelling The Myths About The "Battered Woman's Defense:" Towards A New Understanding, Michael Dowd
Dispelling The Myths About The "Battered Woman's Defense:" Towards A New Understanding, Michael Dowd
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This essay explores the growth of the use of self-defense by battered women from a historical perspective in order to explain the magnitude of the prejudices these defendants face. The essay suggests that a redefinition of Battered Woman's Syndrome will ease much of the criticism from feminists and eliminate the confusion in the legal profession surrounding the use of self-defense by battered women. The essay also pushes for a redefinition of the concept of "imminence" to encompass the realities of a battered woman's life.