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Significant Statistics: The Unwitting Policy Making Of Mathematically Ignorant Judges, Michael I. Meyerson, William Meyerson Jan 2010

Significant Statistics: The Unwitting Policy Making Of Mathematically Ignorant Judges, Michael I. Meyerson, William Meyerson

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This article will explore several areas in which judges, hampered by their mathematical ignorance, have permitted numerical analysis to subvert the goals of our legal system. In Part II, I will examine the perversion of the presumption of innocence in paternity cases, where courts make the counter-factual assumption that regardless of the evidence, prior to DNA testing, a suspect has a 50/50 chance of being the father. In Part III, I will explore the unnecessary injection of race into trials involving the statistics of DNA matching, even when race is entirely irrelevant to the particular case. Next, in Part IV, …


Essay: Deciphering Risk: Sex Offender Statutes And Moral Panic In A Risk Society, Bela August Walker Jan 2010

Essay: Deciphering Risk: Sex Offender Statutes And Moral Panic In A Risk Society, Bela August Walker

University of Baltimore Law Review

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"Substantially Limited:" The Reproductive Rights Of Women Living With Hiv/Aids, Lisa M. Keels Jan 2010

"Substantially Limited:" The Reproductive Rights Of Women Living With Hiv/Aids, Lisa M. Keels

University of Baltimore Law Review

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