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The International Criminal Court: Will It Succeed Or Fail? Determinative Factors And A Case Study On This Question, Thomas L. Thompson-Flores
The International Criminal Court: Will It Succeed Or Fail? Determinative Factors And A Case Study On This Question, Thomas L. Thompson-Flores
Thomas L Thompson-Flores
This article addresses some of the challenges facing the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a condensed, but yet in-depth manner, and then applies them in a case study in order to answer the question of whether the ICC will ultimately fail or succeed.
Safety In Numbers?: Deciding When Dna Alone Is Enough To Convict, Andrea L. Roth
Safety In Numbers?: Deciding When Dna Alone Is Enough To Convict, Andrea L. Roth
Andrea L Roth
Fueled by police reliance on offender databases and advances in crime scene recovery, a new type of prosecution has emerged in which the government's case turns on a match statistic explaining the significance of a “cold hit” between the defendant’s DNA profile and the crime-scene evidence. Such cases are unique in that the strength of the match depends on evidence that is nearly entirely quantifiable. Despite the growing number of these cases, the critical jurisprudential questions they raise about the proper role of probabilistic evidence, and courts’ routine misapprehension of match statistics, no framework currently exists – including a workable …
Safety In Numbers?: Deciding When Dna Alone Is Enough To Convict, Andrea L. Roth
Safety In Numbers?: Deciding When Dna Alone Is Enough To Convict, Andrea L. Roth
Andrea L Roth
Fueled by police reliance on offender databases and advances in crime scene recovery, a new type of prosecution has emerged in which the government's case turns on a match statistic explaining the significance of a “cold hit” between the defendant’s DNA profile and the crime-scene evidence. Such cases are unique in that the strength of the match depends on evidence that is nearly entirely quantifiable. Despite the growing number of these cases, the critical jurisprudential questions they raise about the proper role of probabilistic evidence, and courts’ routine misapprehension of match statistics, no framework currently exists – including a workable …
Safety In Numbers?: Deciding When Dna Alone Is Enough To Convict, Andrea L. Roth
Safety In Numbers?: Deciding When Dna Alone Is Enough To Convict, Andrea L. Roth
Andrea L Roth
Fueled by police reliance on offender databases and advances in crime scene recovery, a new type of prosecution has emerged in which the government's case turns on a match statistic explaining the significance of a “cold hit” between the defendant’s DNA profile and the crime-scene evidence. Such cases are unique in that the strength of the match depends on evidence that is nearly entirely quantifiable. Despite the growing number of these cases, the critical jurisprudential questions they raise about the proper role of probabilistic evidence, and courts’ routine misapprehension of match statistics, no framework currently exists – including a workable …
Model Criminal Jury Instructions For The District Courts Of The Third Circuit, Anne Poulin
Model Criminal Jury Instructions For The District Courts Of The Third Circuit, Anne Poulin
Anne Poulin
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“Just The Facts”: Detective Fiction In The Law School Curriculum, Robert Power
“Just The Facts”: Detective Fiction In The Law School Curriculum, Robert Power
Robert C Power
No abstract provided.