All Articles tagged acquittal

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  THE POTENTIAL IMPACTOF RAPE CULTURE ON JUROR DECISION MAKING: IMPLICATIONS FOR WRONGFUL ACQUITTALS IN SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIALS
  Meagen M. HildebrandCynthia J. Najdowski

  This article discusses the concept of rape culture and explains the psychological process by which rape culture might influence juror decision making in sexual assault trials.

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  THE POTENTIAL IMPACTOF RAPE CULTURE ON JUROR DECISION MAKING: IMPLICATIONS FOR WRONGFUL ACQUITTALS IN SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIALS
  Meagen M. HildebrandCynthia J. Najdowski

  This article discusses the concept of rape culture and explains the psychological process by which rape culture might influence juror decision making in sexual assault trials.

• Justice Commentaries
  June 11, 2013 EDT
  DOUBLE JEOPARDY
  Salvatore R. MartocheDonald S. Stefanski

  This article addresses the question of what happens in New York when two counts are charged in the alternative and the jury convicts on one of the counts.

• Justice Commentaries
  June 11, 2013 EDT
  THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAUSE, NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE, AND AN “UNOFFICIAL” EXCEPTION TO DOUBLE JEOPARDY: A COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
  Steven V. DeBraccio

  In the absence of an express statute or constitutional provision permitting re-trials for acquitted defendants, could prosecutors use perjury prosecutions and subsequent civil and forfeiture proceedings used against defendants?

• Justice Commentaries
  March 04, 2011 EDT
  BLACKSTONE AND THE BALANCE OF EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE
  Steven E. Clark

  This article focuses on the connection between mistaken identification and false convictions.