Tag archive for ‘evidence’
Addressing Drug Addiction among Offenders
by Diana DiNitto
Distinguished Teaching Professor,
University of Texas
On November 19, 2009, Professor DiNitto had the opportunity to testify before a hearing of the United States Sentencing Commission, marking the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. She highlights her major points from that appearance in the following commentary.- ED. [...]
Wrongful Executions: “Fail-Safe” Judicial Systems Do Fail
By Gretchen Cothron
Forensic Research Consultant
Throughout the history of capital punishment in the United States, innocent people have been wrongfully convicted and executed. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia opined in State v. Marsh that, “the dissent does not discuss a single case — not one — in which it is clear that [...]
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