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With mountains of digital evidence, advanced computing techniques could help judges and jurors better understand how criminal syndicates operate — potentially allowing fairer sentencing.
A new book by journalist Louise Milligan exposes the brutality of many witnesses’ encounters with the criminal trial process.. It is informed, too, by her own experience of cross-examination.
How do jurors use different kinds of information about mental illness when making sentencing decisions? An experiment finds that neurobiological evidence could harm or help defendants.
A hung jury does not necessarily undermine a verdict in a subsequent trial – it more likely means some of the jurors from the first trial agreed with the final verdict.
George Pell’s conviction has opened a rift in Australian society, with many people questioning the guilty verdict. Pell’s lawyer has said he will appeal. On what grounds could he do that?
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Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Evidence Law, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neuroscience, Georgia State University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience, Georgia State University
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Lawyer, Curtin University
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CRT Forward Project Director, University of California, Los Angeles
