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  • 1. Sniffing out our Fourth Amendment rights
    Psychological research can help inform courts on whether people have a reasonable expectation of privacy at their doorsteps and whether people would be embarrassed by a dog-sniffing procedure.
    (May 2012)
  • 2. Indecent exposure: The FCC and free speech
    Indecent speech is protected by the First Amendment but speech in broadcast media has been restricted because of its omnipresence and its accessibility to children.
    (December 2011)
  • 3. Should age be considered in determining police custody?
    In J.D.B. v. North Carolina, the Supreme Court will decide whether age should be considered in determining custody.
    (May 2011)
  • 4. Neuropsychology's role in capital mitigation
    Neurolaw is a newly emerging area of law that looks at the brain and behavior in legal situations.
    (December 2010)
  • 5. R U txting at wrk?
    A case before the U.S. Supreme Court is examining Americans’ right to privacy in their use of employer-owned electronic technology to send personal e-mail and text messages.
    (May 2010)
  • 6. To speak or not to speak?
    A large body of psychological research on Miranda warnings has investigated the reading level and comprehensibility of the language in the warnings and demonstrates that comprehension of the warnings is very low.
    (December 2009)
  • 7. Judicial notebook: What's your type? The power of DNA evidence
    The Supreme Court will soon deal with unreliable DNA evidence in McDaniel v. Brown, an appeal of a case in which a defendant was convicted of raping a child.
    (May 2009)
  • 8. Breaking up is hard to do: Challenges of same-sex divorce
    Divorce provides an equitable way for couples to dissolve their unions, divide property, and address custody and support for their children. Same-sex divorce is likely to become a pressing issue for the courts.
    (December 2008)
  • 9. Judicial Notebook: Did a typo cause a conviction?
    One aspect of this case that psychological research could illuminate is whether jurors understand and correctly apply felony-murder instructions, even without typos.
    (June 2008)
  • 10. The court considers 'me too' testimony
    "Me too" evidence consists of employees other than the plaintiff testifying that they believed they were also fired because of age by the same company.
    (January 2008)
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