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Shoot To Kill: A Critical Look At Stand Your Ground Laws, Tamara Rice Lave
Shoot To Kill: A Critical Look At Stand Your Ground Laws, Tamara Rice Lave
University of Miami Law Review
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Business-Related Criminal Law In Europe: A Critical Inventory, Klaus Tiedemann, Edgardo Rotman (Translator)
Business-Related Criminal Law In Europe: A Critical Inventory, Klaus Tiedemann, Edgardo Rotman (Translator)
University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
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Do Sexually Violent Predator Laws Violate Double Jeopardy Or Substantive Due Process? An Empirical Inquiry, Tamara Rice Lave, Justin Mccrary
Do Sexually Violent Predator Laws Violate Double Jeopardy Or Substantive Due Process? An Empirical Inquiry, Tamara Rice Lave, Justin Mccrary
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Empirical Fallacies Of Evidence Law: A Critical Look At The Admission Of Prior Sex Crimes, Tamara Rice Lave, Aviva Orenstein
Empirical Fallacies Of Evidence Law: A Critical Look At The Admission Of Prior Sex Crimes, Tamara Rice Lave, Aviva Orenstein
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In a significant break with traditional evidence rules and policies, Federal Rules of Evidence 413-414 allow jurors to use the accused's prior sexual misconduct as evidence of character and propensity to commit the sex crime charged. As reflected in their legislative history, these propensity rules rest on the assumption that sexual predators represent a small number of highly deviant and recidivistic offenders. This view of who commits sex crimes justified the passage of the sex-crime propensity rules and continues to influence their continuing adoption among the states and the way courts assess such evidence under Rule 403. In depending on …