All Articles tagged criminal defendant

• Justice Commentaries
  July 17, 2018 EDT
  SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME: AS A CONTROVERSY IN WRONGFUL CONVICTION CASES
  Eza Bella Zakirova

  This article discusses Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) as a controversial medical diagnosis and examines how misdiagnosis of SBS has led to wrongful convictions.

• General
  January 01, 2018 EDT
  SILENCE AND REMORSELESSNESS
  Caleb J. Fountain

  This article takes the position that the self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits an inference that defendant’s silence at sentencing is evidence of the defendant’s remorselessness.

• Justice Commentaries
  November 08, 2017 EDT
  ENDING DISPARITIES AND ACHIEVING JUSTICE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES
  Sheila E. SheaRobert Goldman

  Miscarriages of justice for those with mental disabilities can be avoided by reforming statutory schemes and embracing concepts of therapeutic justice not yet integrated into New York's criminal justice system.

• Justice Commentaries
  November 08, 2017 EDT
  ELIGIBILITY FOR COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL IN FEDERAL CASES: A REVIEW OF LEGISLATION AND CASE LAW
  Susan L. WynneMichael S. Vaughn

  This article examines statutory and case law to determine how eligibility decisions are made for criminal defendants in federal cases regarding their Sixth Amendment rights.