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Forum: Privacy and Security Across Borders

nature of investigations that involve digital evidence. And each has profound implications for privacy, security, and the possibility of meaningful

Mitigating Jurors Racial Biases: The Effects of Content and Timing of Jury Instructions

examines whether the timing of debiasing jury instructions affects judgments of guilt. The experiment finds that pre-evidence instructions result in

Forum: The CSI Effect: Fact or Fiction

had at least one trial that resulted in either an acquittal or hung jury because forensic evidence was not available, even though prosecutors believed

Will Putting Cameras on Police Reduce Polarization?

dimensions. Further, this Note finds that video evidence does not conclusively outperform nonvideo testimony in minimizing mock jurors’ reliance on their

Forum: Is the CSI Effect Good Science?

changes in how trials are conducted and in thinking about how they might be won. While some existing evidence, like the Maricopa study, is consistent

In Need of Correction: How the Army Board for Correction of Military Records Is Failing Veterans with PTSD

24 months.” Yet there is evidence that the military is still not appropriately diagnosing PTSD. In 2009, there were reports of thousands of veterans

Forum: Beyond the Adjustment Wars: Dealing with Uncertainty and Bias in Redistricting Data

litigation should clarify that they will consider evidence that the data underlying a redistricting plan are biased, such that the district populations

Forum: A Post-Shelby Strategy: Exposing Discriminatory Intent in Voting Rights Litigation

Intentional discrimination claims—brought where appropriate and supported by the evidence—force an appraisal of the true motives underlying laws passed

Forum: The Myth of Prosecutorial Accountability After Connick v. Thompson: Why Existing Professional Responsibility Measures Cannot Protect Against Prosecutorial Misconduct

blood evidence from his defense attorneys. Thompson had sued the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office based on a failure-to-train theory, arguing

Forum: The New Electronic Discovery Rules: A Place for Employee Privacy?

ordered UBS bear seventy-five percent of the costs of restoring the other seventy-plus tapes. Restoration revealed damning evidence of spoliation—the