P-ISSN 0002-4678
E-ISSN 2162-4151
Vol. 81, Issue 3, 2018July 17, 2018 EDT
SNAKE OIL WITH A BITE: THE LETHAL VENEER OF SCIENCE AND TEXAS’S DEATH PENALTY
SNAKE OIL WITH A BITE: THE LETHAL VENEER OF SCIENCE AND TEXAS’S DEATH PENALTY
James R. Acker,
Texasdeath sentencedeath penaltywrongful convictionprosecutorial misconductunreliable testimonyUnited States Constitutioncapital murderHarris Countydubious scientific evidence
Articles in Vol. 81, Issue 3, 2018
Vol. 81, Issue 3, 2018
- SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME: AS A CONTROVERSY IN WRONGFUL CONVICTION CASESEza Bella Zakirova
- THE SKY POLICE: DRONES AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENTJessica Dwyer-Moss
- JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR AND THE SENSE OF RESPECTAndrew B. Ayers
- A CONVERSATION WITH JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYORAlbany Law Review
- SNAKE OIL WITH A BITE: THE LETHAL VENEER OF SCIENCE AND TEXAS’S DEATH PENALTYJames R. Acker
- FINGERPRINTS AND MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE: “OTHER” TYPES OF ERROR AND A POST-CONVICTION RIGHT TO DATABASE SEARCHINGSimon A. ColeBarry C. Scheck
- THE LATENT PRINT EXAMINATION PROCESS MAPSimon A. ColeBarry C. Scheck
- THE BEST INSURANCE AGAINST MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE CAUSED BY JUNK SCIENCE: AN ADMISSIBILITY TEST THAT IS SCIENTIFICALLY AND LEGALLY SOUNDEdward J. Imwinkelried
- FORENSIC EVIDENCE INWRONGFUL CONVICTIONCASES: FROM BEING A RIGHT-HAND MAN TO BECOMING A SNAKE IN THE GRASSIrina Zakirova
- IT’S NOT A MATCH: WHY THE LAW CAN’T LET GO OF JUNK SCIENCEAliza B. KaplanJanis C. Puracal
- PICKING AND CHOOSING: INCONSISTENT USE OF NEUROSCIENTIFIC LEGAL EVIDENCEJoseph J. Avery
- EXAMINING THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM: ADMISSIBILITY AND RELIABILITY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOMMaryam HamiraniItiel E. DrorRuth M. Morgan
- NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL COMPETENCY: CURRENT USES AND FUTURE POTENTIALJohn B. Meixner Jr.
James R. Acker, SNAKE OIL WITH A BITE: THE LETHAL VENEER OF SCIENCE AND TEXAS’S DEATH PENALTY, 81 Albany Law Review (2018).