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The Noisy "Silent Witness": The Misperception And Misuse Of Criminal Video Evidence, Aaron M. Williams Oct 2019

The Noisy "Silent Witness": The Misperception And Misuse Of Criminal Video Evidence, Aaron M. Williams

Indiana Law Journal

This Note examines recent developments in the research of situational video evidence biases. Part I examines the current and growing body of psychological research into the various situational biases that can affect the reliability of video evidence and the gaps in this research that require further attention from researchers and legal academics. Because these biases do not “operate in a vacuum,” Part I also examines some of the recent and exciting research into the interaction between situational and dispositional biases. Part II examines the development of camera and video processing technology and its limitations as a means of mitigating such …


The Unabomber Revisited: Reexamining The Use Of Mental Disorder Diagnoses As Evidence Of The Mental Condition Of Criminal Defendants, Adam K. Magid Jan 2009

The Unabomber Revisited: Reexamining The Use Of Mental Disorder Diagnoses As Evidence Of The Mental Condition Of Criminal Defendants, Adam K. Magid

Indiana Law Journal

This Article revisits a longstanding debate concerning the appropriateness of diagnostic evidence in criminal cases in which a defendant’s mental condition is at issue. As illustrated through a case study of Theodore Kaczynski, more widely known as the “Unabomber,” a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia poses a risk of confounding a judge or jury attempting to ascertain an accurate picture of the mental state of a criminal defendant, specifically by (i) suggesting symptoms not actually present, (ii) creating a distorted picture of symptoms that are present, and (iii) suggesting organic, determinative factors as the mechanism behind a defendant’s actions, even where …


Factors For Reasonable Suspicion: When Black And Poor Means Stopped And Frisked, David A. Harris Jul 1994

Factors For Reasonable Suspicion: When Black And Poor Means Stopped And Frisked, David A. Harris

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Beyond Maryland V. Craig: Can And Should Adult Rape Victims Be Permitted To Testify By Closed-Circuit Television?, Lisa Hamilton Thielmeyer Jul 1992

Beyond Maryland V. Craig: Can And Should Adult Rape Victims Be Permitted To Testify By Closed-Circuit Television?, Lisa Hamilton Thielmeyer

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Modern Confession Law After Duckworth V. Eagan: What's The Use Of Explaining?, Julia C. Weissman Jul 1991

Modern Confession Law After Duckworth V. Eagan: What's The Use Of Explaining?, Julia C. Weissman

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Political-Choice Approach To Limiting Prejudicial Evidence, J. Alexander Tanford Oct 1989

A Political-Choice Approach To Limiting Prejudicial Evidence, J. Alexander Tanford

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Probable Cause For Arrest In Indiana: A Prosecutor Hoist With His Own Kinnaird, F. Thomas Schornhorst Oct 1969

Probable Cause For Arrest In Indiana: A Prosecutor Hoist With His Own Kinnaird, F. Thomas Schornhorst

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Extrajudicial Criminal Confessions In Indiana: Changes In The Law Of Admissibility Oct 1965

Extrajudicial Criminal Confessions In Indiana: Changes In The Law Of Admissibility

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Blood Test Results-Their Admissibility To Show A Decedent's Intoxication, Daniel E. Johnson Jul 1963

Blood Test Results-Their Admissibility To Show A Decedent's Intoxication, Daniel E. Johnson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Liability Of A Private Person For Giving Information Which Leads To A False Arrest Oct 1959

The Liability Of A Private Person For Giving Information Which Leads To A False Arrest

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Responsibility And Mental Disorder: New Approaches To An Old Problem Jan 1955

Criminal Responsibility And Mental Disorder: New Approaches To An Old Problem

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Federal Control Over Use Of Coerced Confessions In State Criminal Cases-Some Unsettled Problems, Austin W. Scott Jr. Jan 1954

Federal Control Over Use Of Coerced Confessions In State Criminal Cases-Some Unsettled Problems, Austin W. Scott Jr.

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law: Psychiatric Aid In Evaluating The Credibility Of A Prosecuting Witness Charging Rape Oct 1950

Criminal Law: Psychiatric Aid In Evaluating The Credibility Of A Prosecuting Witness Charging Rape

Indiana Law Journal

Recent Cases


Admissibility Of Evidence Of Prior Crimes In Murder Trials Oct 1949

Admissibility Of Evidence Of Prior Crimes In Murder Trials

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Habitual Criminal Act-Constitutionality-Evidence May 1934

Habitual Criminal Act-Constitutionality-Evidence

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Assault And Battery-Police Officer-Third Degree Mar 1932

Assault And Battery-Police Officer-Third Degree

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law-Search And Seizure-Implied Consent May 1931

Criminal Law-Search And Seizure-Implied Consent

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law-Illegally Obtained Evidence-Timely Objection Nov 1929

Criminal Law-Illegally Obtained Evidence-Timely Objection

Indiana Law Journal

Recent Case Notes


Power Of Courts To Compel Defendant In Criminal Case To Submit To Physical Examination, Sumner Kenner Apr 1929

Power Of Courts To Compel Defendant In Criminal Case To Submit To Physical Examination, Sumner Kenner

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Unreasonable Searches And Seizures, Hugh E. Willis Feb 1929

Unreasonable Searches And Seizures, Hugh E. Willis

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Charter Evidence In Criminal Law, Joseph Cripe Jun 1928

Charter Evidence In Criminal Law, Joseph Cripe

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.