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Bill Cosby, The Lustful Disposition Exception, And The Doctrine Of Chances, Wesley Oliver Nov 2015

Bill Cosby, The Lustful Disposition Exception, And The Doctrine Of Chances, Wesley Oliver

Wesley M Oliver

With the filing of criminal charges against Bill Cosby in a case involving one victim, the question attracting a great deal of attention is whether other victims will be allowed to testify for the prosecution. Yes is the likely answer but probably for the wrong reasons. Generally the prosecution is forbidden to introduce other bad acts by a defendant, but there are certain categorical exceptions. Under federal law, any prior sexual misconduct can be admitted in the prosecution of a sex crime case -- a notion that the drafters of the Federal Rules of Evidence borrowed from something called the …

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The Admissibility Of Hypnotically Enhanced Testimony In Criminal Trials, Gary Shaw May 2013

The Admissibility Of Hypnotically Enhanced Testimony In Criminal Trials, Gary Shaw

Gary M. Shaw

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Statement Of David E. Aaronson In Support Of Hb 1075 To Repeal The Death Penalty, David Aaronson Mar 2011

Statement Of David E. Aaronson In Support Of Hb 1075 To Repeal The Death Penalty, David Aaronson

David Aaronson

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Testimony On Prostitution Bill, Senate Judiciary Committee, Oct 2009, Donna M. Hughes Dr. Oct 2009

Testimony On Prostitution Bill, Senate Judiciary Committee, Oct 2009, Donna M. Hughes Dr.

Donna M. Hughes

I am here to support a bill that will give Rhode Island the prostitution law it needs to combat the growing sex industry and sex trafficking. 

Many letters and reports have been written describing the problems that decriminalized prostitution has created for Rhode Island. We know that women from foreign countries are here in the spa-brothels. We know that U.S teens are trafficked here from other states. We know there is much evidence of sex trafficking in the Asian spa-brothels and strip clubs. 

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2. National Association Of Counsel For Children In Support Of Respondents. Adrian Martell Davis V. Washington, Hershel Hammon V. Indiana (2007)., Thomas D. Lyon Dec 2006

2. National Association Of Counsel For Children In Support Of Respondents. Adrian Martell Davis V. Washington, Hershel Hammon V. Indiana (2007)., Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

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