Victoria and the ACT just joined other states in implementing judge-alone trials during the pandemic. Such a significant change deserves much more public scrutiny than it has received.
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Recent changes to the Japanese justice system have tried to make it more transparent and equitable.
Researchers have warned about the reliability of voice evidence in criminal cases. Yet, there are few legal guidelines on the use of such evidence in court.
Deliberately infecting people with a disease-causing agent as part of carefully considered medical research can be ethically acceptable or even necessary.
Facial expressions and gestures can impact the outcome of a trial that depends on the credibility of witnesses.
Random-controlled testing is widely accepted in medicine, and yet voters are not convinced this would be a good approach to testing out government policy before it is implemented.
A century ago, Russian leaders staged mock trials on rape and abortion to educate citizens about new Soviet laws and values. Then, as now, victim-blaming and ‘he said, she said’ marred the verdict.
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
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C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford University
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Infectious Disease Ethics Fellow, Ethox & Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Univeristy of Oxford. Adjunct, Monash University
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Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
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Professor of Bioethics, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University, Monash University
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Docteur en communication, Université de Montréal
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Professor in Criminal Investigation, De Montfort University
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