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Tag Archives: cumulative
The Daily Digest, 4/19/11
The New York Times on Sunday ran a provocative op-ed co-authored by one of my colleagues at Vanderbilt, Nancy King. In that editorial, the authors call for reform to the endless process of habeas review, arguing that claims are reviewed, … Continue reading
The Daily Digest, 4/5/11
After the major decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court yesterday, all bets are off on the likely success of claims for ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to introduce mitigating brain evidence at trial. The case may … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal, Neuroscience
Tagged capital, cumulative, double-edged sword, habeas, iac
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The Daily Digest, 3/3/11
The Law and Memory Conference at Stanford Law School on April 1, 2011 will bring together leading scientists, practitioners and scholars on the intersection of law and memory. The conference will begin with the science, and then focus on the … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal, Neuroscience
Tagged cumulative, eyewitness testimony, iac, memory, mitigation
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The Daily Digest, 2/28/11
The week starts off with two failed brain damage/mitigation/capital cases. The first case is failure of mitigation at the trial level, and the second is a reversal of a successful PCRA claim. Neurological evidence is now introduced as mitigating evidence … Continue reading