The Interactive Effects of Race and Expert Testimony on Jurors’ Perceptions of Recanted Confessions
We examined the effect of defendant race and expert testimony on jurors’ perceptions of recanted confessions. Participants (591 jury-eligible community members) read a first-degree murder trial transcript in which defendant race (Black/White) and expert ...
Logan Ewanation, Evelyn M. Maeder
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The impact of positive and negative testimony on children's attitudes toward others.
Children can identify who is benevolent or malevolent not only through first-hand experiences and observations but also from the testimony of others. In this study, we investigated whether 5- and 7-year-olds (N = 128) would form their attitudes toward ...
Asami Shinohara +3 more
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Aesthetic testimony, understanding and virtue
Though much of what we learn about the world comes from trusting testimony, the status of aesthetic testimony – testimony about aesthetic value – is equivocal.
Alison Hills
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Epistemic internalism and testimonial justification [PDF]
According to epistemic internalists, facts about justification supervene upon one's internal reasons for believing certain propositions. Epistemic externalists, on the other hand, deny this.
Egeland, Jonathan
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A New Approach in the Testimony of Woman in the Legal System of Islam in Cosidering into the Legal System of Iran [PDF]
Shiite jurists sayings about the validity of woman's testimony is based on two promises.a groupare considersubjectivism for the womantestimony , therefore considering the women testimony is limited to jurisprudence texts, in some cases, in this respect ...
Hossain Sobhani +2 more
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Citing Testimony in Proceedings (its Terms, Validity, and Impact on Sentence of the Court)
Allegation of testimony has always been one of the reasons in the legal system for proving litigation. However, in countries where there is no need to make the witness to provide allegation of testimony on the one hand and considering the fact that the ...
Mysam Taram +2 more
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comparative study of probative value of witness that has not qualification in civil procedure [PDF]
In the judicial system of Islam, testimony is one of the most important evidence of proof. The validity of the testimony depends on the credibility and plurality of the witness, so that if the testimony is lacking in terms and conditions, its credibility
hossein esmaily
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The prediction of future behavior: The empty promises of expert clinical and actuarial testimony [PDF]
Testimony about the future dangerousness of a person has become a central staple of many judicial processes. In settings such as bail, sentencing, and parole decisions, in rulings about the civil confinement of the mentally ill, and ...
Páez, Andrés
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Intellectualism and Testimony [PDF]
Knowledge-how often appears to be more difficult to transmit by testimony than knowledge-that and knowledge-wh. Some philosophers have argued that this difference provides us with an important objection to intellectualism—the view that knowledge-how is a
Cath, Yuri
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“Hearing from All Sides” How Legislative Testimony Influences State Level Policy-Makers in the United States [PDF]
Background This paper investigates whether state legislators find testimony influential, to what extent testimony influences policy-makers’ decisions, and defines the features of testimony important in affecting policy-makers’ decisions. Methods
Sarah Moreland-Russell +5 more
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