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Jurors fail to understand rape victims

Rape trial juries need better guidance in the courtroom -- and a better understanding of rape victims -- to help them reach their verdict.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Report warns of jury service 'trauma'

A new report by psychologists at the University of Leicester warns of the dangers of jurors facing trauma because of their exposure to harrowing and gruesome evidence.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Testosterone makes us less cooperative and more egocentric, study finds

Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, research from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London has found. The findings may have implications for how group ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How to discover a new element

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not the same as it used to be, the element finding business. We have discovered and named all the elements from hydrogen (element 1) up to element 112 (copernicium)[1], and last week ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Will neuroscience challenge the legal concept of criminal responsibility?

Just before 10:00 a.m. on June 20, 2001, a uniformed police officer was dispatched to do what he thought was a routine welfare check at a home in Houston, Texas. When the officer met Andrea Yates at the door, she immediately ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tweeting, deleting help build Rutgers webcam case

(AP) -- Accused of a hate crime for allegedly using a webcam to spy on his college roommate's same-sex encounter, the roommate of Tyler Clementi is now also finding that it's not just what you tweet, but ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Scientists: Gulf health nearly at pre-spill level

(AP) -- Scientists judge the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico as nearly back to normal one year after the BP oil spill, but with glaring blemishes that restrain their optimism about nature's resiliency, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Doctors order tests out of fear of lawsuits

(AP) -- CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for the doctor's benefit than the patient's, new research confirms.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Strategy, court specialization driving increase in smart-phone litigation

The flurry of smart-phone patent suits at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is being driven by technology companies eager to capitalize on the speed and expertise of the specialized venue, says a University of ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oracle wants SAP to pay billions for looted programs

Attorneys for business software giant Oracle want a jury to order German rival SAP to pay billions of dollars for looting its software libraries for competitive advantage.

Technology / Business

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

ER doctors: Lawsuit fears lead to overtesting

(AP) -- Fast decisions on life-and-death cases are the bread and butter of hospital emergency rooms. Nowhere do doctors face greater pressures to overtest and overtreat.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford experts assess SEC-Goldman suit, stress need to better regulate financial markets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Stanford experts on the finance industry distinguished between ethical and legal issues during a public analysis of the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs' allegedly fraudulent ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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