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A Synthesis Of The Science And Law Relating To Eyewitness Misidentifications And Recommendations For How Police And Courts Can Reduce Wrongful Convictions Based On Them, Henry F. Fradella Jan 2023

A Synthesis Of The Science And Law Relating To Eyewitness Misidentifications And Recommendations For How Police And Courts Can Reduce Wrongful Convictions Based On Them, Henry F. Fradella

Seattle University Law Review

The empirical literature on perception and memory consistently demonstrates the pitfalls of eyewitness identifications. Exoneration data lend external validity to these studies. With the goal of informing law enforcement officers, prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, judges, and judicial law clerks about what they can do to reduce wrongful convictions based on misidentifications, this Article presents a synthesis of the scientific knowledge relevant to how perception and memory affect the (un)reliability of eyewitness identifications. The Article situates that body of knowledge within the context of leading case law. The Article then summarizes the most current recommendations for how law enforcement personnel should—and …


Introduction To The Symposium: The Stakes For Critical Legal Theory, Elizabeth S. Anker, Justin Deystone Jan 2021

Introduction To The Symposium: The Stakes For Critical Legal Theory, Elizabeth S. Anker, Justin Deystone

Publications

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The Reliable Revisionist, Caitlyn Schaffer Sep 2019

The Reliable Revisionist, Caitlyn Schaffer

Philosophy: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

The present text explores how the topic of head and heart is much more complicated than one would expect, according to Paul Henne and Walter Sinnot-Armstrong, contributors of Neuroexistentialism. “Does Neuroscience Undermine Morality” aims at figuring out the problem of which moral judgments we can trust, judgments from one’s head (revisionism) or judgments from one’s heart (conservatism). My hypothesis suggests the opposite of the authors, I believe that if you are a revisionist, your first order intuitions are reliable. After setting the framework, I make three main arguments. (A.) If you are able to self-correct then you can identify errors …


"Scientific Inference" Vs. "Legal Reasoning"? Not So Fast! ¿"Inferencia Cientifíca" Vs."Razonamiento Jurídico"? -- No Tan Rápido!, Susan Haack Jan 2019

"Scientific Inference" Vs. "Legal Reasoning"? Not So Fast! ¿"Inferencia Cientifíca" Vs."Razonamiento Jurídico"? -- No Tan Rápido!, Susan Haack

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No abstract provided.


September 2, 2018: When Does Disagreement On Climate Become Dishonesty?, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2018

September 2, 2018: When Does Disagreement On Climate Become Dishonesty?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ When Does Disagreement on Climate Become Dishonesty?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 24, 2018: When I Left The Darwin Day Committee, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2018

February 24, 2018: When I Left The Darwin Day Committee, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “When I Left the Darwin Day Committee“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 3, 2017: What Threat From Ai, Bruce Ledewitz May 2017

May 3, 2017: What Threat From Ai, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What Threat from AI“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 9, 2014: “It Matters What’S True.”, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2014

June 9, 2014: “It Matters What’S True.”, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ “It matters what’s true.”“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 16, 2014: The New Cosmos Series Plays Out The Old Culture Wars, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 16, 2014: The New Cosmos Series Plays Out The Old Culture Wars, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The New Cosmos Series Plays Out the Old Culture Wars“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 2, 2014: The California Drought, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2014

February 2, 2014: The California Drought, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The California Drought“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 13, 2013: The Return Of The Cicadas, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2013

June 13, 2013: The Return Of The Cicadas, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Return of the Cicadas“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 8, 2012: Another Challenge From Religious Conscience, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2012

December 8, 2012: Another Challenge From Religious Conscience, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Another Challenge From Religious Conscience“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


September 23, 2012: What’S So Bad About Technology?, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2012

September 23, 2012: What’S So Bad About Technology?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ What’s So Bad About Technology?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


August 11, 2012: One Way Of Understanding Contributions To Philosophy, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2012

August 11, 2012: One Way Of Understanding Contributions To Philosophy, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “One Way of Understanding Contributions to Philosophy“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


July 8, 2012: If The Higgs Boson Particle Affected Capitalism, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2012

July 8, 2012: If The Higgs Boson Particle Affected Capitalism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ If the Higgs Boson Particle Affected Capitalism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 10, 2012: Cut Off From Blame And Punishment, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2012

June 10, 2012: Cut Off From Blame And Punishment, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Cut Off from Blame and Punishment“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 23, 2012: Warm Enough For You?, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2012

March 23, 2012: Warm Enough For You?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Warm Enough For You?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 18, 2012: But Why Can’T People Just Practice A Scientific Way Of Life?, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2012

January 18, 2012: But Why Can’T People Just Practice A Scientific Way Of Life?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “But Why Can’t People Just Practice a Scientific Way of Life?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 23, 2011: The Promise Of Religious Naturalism, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 23, 2011: The Promise Of Religious Naturalism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Promise of Religious Naturalism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 17, 2011: Shari’Ah And Constitutionalism, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2011

February 17, 2011: Shari’Ah And Constitutionalism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Shari’ah and Constitutionalism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 13, 2011: Happy Darwin Day, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2011

February 13, 2011: Happy Darwin Day, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Happy Darwin Day“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Federal Philosophy Of Science: A Deconstruction- And A Reconstruction, Susan Haack Jan 2010

Federal Philosophy Of Science: A Deconstruction- And A Reconstruction, Susan Haack

Articles

No abstract provided.


July 25, 2009: Common Ground On Everything But Abortion, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2009

July 25, 2009: Common Ground On Everything But Abortion, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Common Ground on Everything But Abortion“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 15, 2009: Was Darwin A Darwinist?, Bruce Ledewitz May 2009

May 15, 2009: Was Darwin A Darwinist?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Was Darwin a Darwinist?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 12, 2009: The Victory Over Death, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2009

April 12, 2009: The Victory Over Death, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Victory Over Death“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 4, 2009: The Two Cultures, 2009, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2009

April 4, 2009: The Two Cultures, 2009, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Two Cultures, 2009“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 13, 2009: Stem Cell Research, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2009

March 13, 2009: Stem Cell Research, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Stem Cell Research“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 31, 2009: Einstein And Darwin, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2009

January 31, 2009: Einstein And Darwin, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Einstein and Darwin“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 29, 2008: Hegel On Hallowed Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2008

December 29, 2008: Hegel On Hallowed Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Hegel on Hallowed Secularism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 11, 2008: From The Conclusion Of For The Establishment Of Religion, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2008

November 11, 2008: From The Conclusion Of For The Establishment Of Religion, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “From the Conclusion of For the Establishment of Religion“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.