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Balancing parental rights and school authority in supporting students’ gender identity
Recent ruling upholds schools’ ability to maintain affirming environments for transitioning students.
Judicial notebook: How should intellectual impairment be assessed in death penalty litigation?
Supreme Court weighs whether courts should account for variability in IQ test performance in capital cases .
Judicial Notebook: Did sex shaming lead to the death penalty?
Gender stereotypes may influence jury decision-making in capital cases.
Judicial notebook: How relevant is an eating disorder in a capital case?
Court case raises questions about how judges view different mental health disorders and whether diagnoses that don't directly affect the ability to reason should be relevant in sentencing.
Examining propensity for violence in firearm cases
Court case raises questions about whether vague standards may result in discriminatory practices and racial bias.
What tactics can be used to catch online predators
As tech advances, the court must also advance to guide law enforcement officers on how they can leverage technology to combat serious crimes.
Judicial notebook: Can we fairly select jury in high-profile cases?
The Supreme Court will consider jury impartiality amid pervasive pretrial publicity in the Boston Marathon bombing case.
Judicial notebook: Just how private are treatment records?
The court is asked to consider therapist-patient privilege in a case in which treatment records may exonerate a man accused of sexual abuse.
Judicial notebook: Can words alone lead to suicide
The court is asked to consider the limits of free speech in the texting suicide case.
Judicial notebook: Can a state abolish the insanity defense?
Insanity defense standards and procedures have historically been up to states, with decisions generally made in relation to a defendant's ability to form intent and premeditation.
Judicial notebook: Court asked to re-evaluate whether diagnosis should be based solely on expert opinion
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court reminds clinicians to be vigilant in their adherence to published guidelines and best practices.
Judicial notebook: How many years are equivalent to life without parole?
Aggregated sentences for juvenile offenders may become the equivalent of life without parole.
Judicial Notebook: The legal system follows the empirical evidence on eyewitness identification
The Michigan Supreme Court holds that police use of a suggestive lineup procedure violates a defendant’s due process rights.
Judicial notebook: Can sex offenders be incarcerated for being homeless?
Laws keep many offenders from finding homes on their release date.
Judicial notebook: Changing science does not necessarily alter the law
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court sheds light on the fact that there is no automatic way to update previous decisions when scientists uncover new evidence about mental health disorders.
Judicial notebook: One possible path to promote police-citizen harmony
Data about what the public and legal professionals view as 'reasonable' could help law enforcement agencies evaluate protocols about the use of lethal force.
Judicial notebook: Get that man a psychologist
When is a criminal defendant is entitled to access to psychological and other experts
Judicial notebook: Child pornography restitution: Who will pay the cost?
Courts and psychologists need to identify ways to prevent further harm to victims of crime who seek restitution in criminal proceedings.
Judicial notebook: When legal rights and treatment conflict
The U.S. Supreme Court recognizes that the court-imposed requirement to be truthful in treatment ordered as a condition of probation does not nullify the right to assert the Fifth Amendment.
