Wednesday, February 10, 2010

iPost: Major rule change for discovery of experts documents

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Story at link below http://www.ims-expertservices.com/newsletters/feb/rule-26-major-changes-for-attorneys-and-experts-020810.asp Sent from K...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Court decisions: Walker v Kelly (VA, 2010)

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Another Atkins court decision has been posted to the Court Decision sidebar.  Walker v Kelly (VA, 2010) . Technorati Tags: Psychology , f...

iPost: Emailing tweet from: StanfordCLB (StanfordCLB)

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StanfordCLB: More on #Brain Imaging and the #DeathPenalty in prep for Perlin talk: @wiredscience article quotes Hank Greely http://tinyurl....

iPost: After 28 years man with MR spared from death in SC

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Story at DPIC at link below. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/after-28-years-judge-spares-life-inmate-mental-disabilities Sent from KMcGrew i...

Court decisions: Lyons v Crawford/Nixon (MO, 2009) - Special masters reports

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Two Special Masters reports in Lyons v Crawford/Nixon (MO, 2009) can be found by clicking here and here .  Of particular interest is the ...

State case and statute references for intellectual disability (ID)/mental retardation (MR)

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Click here to access a document listing state case and statute references re: mental retardation/intellectual disabilities (MR/ID) Techno...

MR and capital punishment cases: "Presiding over a capital case" (Elwyn & Piasecki, 2010)

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This chapter is available on the internet.  Click here to access Technorati Tags: Psychology , forensic psychology , forensic psychiatry ,...

Court Decision: Brumfield v Cain (LA, 2008, 2009)--aka, Warrick Dunn's mothers murder case

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Court documents related to Brumfield v Cain (LA, 2008, 2009) have just be posted.  Some folks may recall this as the case of the murder of ...

Stephen Greenspan on "60 Minutes" to discuss gullibility

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Stephen Greenspan (ANNALS OF GULLIBILITY, Praeger, 2009) is scheduled to appear on a  60 Minute segment scheduled to air on Sun, 2/14 @ 7 p...
Sunday, February 7, 2010

AP101 Brief #6 supplement: Wechsler CHC test classification summaries

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I should have included the following tables in my original AP101 Brief # 6 report re: my analysis of the CHC content of the FS IQ scores for...
Saturday, February 6, 2010

iPost: Execution competency and comprehension of death

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SSRN article at SLP blog link below http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2010/02/the-undiscovered-country-execution-compe...
Friday, February 5, 2010

AP101 Brief #6: Understanding Wechsler IQ score differences--the CHC evolution of the Wechsler FS IQ score

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[Note.  A typo in the original tables used to construct the WAIS figure below has been fixed.  Visual Puzzles on the WAIS-IV had been incorr...

iPost: More on neurocriminology

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More on increasing interest in use of neurotechnology in the criminal   justice system. Check link below http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...

iPost: AMA urged to oppose death penalty

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From DPIC via link below http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-voices-medical-society-new-jersey-urges-ama-oppose-death-penalty Sent from KMcG...
Thursday, February 4, 2010

iPost: Perlin on mental disability law

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Over at CPB via link below http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2010/02/perlin-on-mental-disability-law.html Sent from KMcGrew iPh...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

FYI from the legal blogosphere

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Interesting tidbits from other blogs Deathy ineligibility and habeas corpus at SLP Racial geography of the federal death penalty at C...

iAbstract: Juror's discussions of defendants history in capital cases

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Jurors' discussions of a defendant's history of child abuse and alcohol abuse in capital sentencing deliberations. By Stevenson, M...
Monday, February 1, 2010

Legal research: Lexis partners with Microsoft

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From ABA JOURNAL Sent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQMobile). (If message includes an image- double click on it to make larger-if hard to see)
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Intellectual heterogeneity of MR/ID as evidence against AAIDD "stuck on g" green manual: Even in cleary genetic-based syndromes (Williams Syndrome)

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In the l ast in my series of posts re: concerns I have with the AAIDD 11th Edition ID definition and classification manual , one  point I ra...
Friday, January 29, 2010

iPost: Conducting legal research with Google

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From JUSTCRIM blog Sent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQMobile). (If message includes an image- double click on it to make larger-if hard to see...

iTech: iPhone App for legal research

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From ABA JOURNAL Sent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQMobile). (If message includes an image- double click on it to make larger-if hard to see)

iPost: Book--Capital punishment on trial

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Check it out at DPIC blog Sent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQMobile). (If message includes an image- double click on it to make larger-if hard t...

iPost: Caution urged in admin of neuropsych tests to Spanish speaking individuals

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More info at BRAIN INJURY blog Sent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQMobile). (If message includes an image- double click on it to make larger-if ...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

iAbstract: New Flynn Effect book

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PsycCRITIQUES :   Citation and Abstract View Book Review How to make the world smarter. Mayer, Richard E. PsycCRITIQUES. Vol 55(4),2010,...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

iPost: 4th Circuit Panels split over two VA Atkins cases

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Story with links to cases at SLP blog Sent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQMobile). (If message includes an image- double click on it to make lar...

Research briefs 1-27-10: Relevance of neuroscience to criminal responsibility

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The following article is available as "open access" from the Journal of criminal Law and Philosophy . The article can be accesse...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

15 Atkins MR/ID death penalty court decisions posted 1-26-10 (n=87)

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I finally see the end of the light re: the file upload backlog.  The Court Decisions sidebar now has 15 new entries for a grand total of n=...

AAIDD intellectual disability manual (11th edition): Intelligence component -1 standard deviation below average: Final in 3-part series

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This is my third (and final) comment in my series of comments re: the intellectual component of the new AAIDD ID/MR definition and classif...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Legal database search cites changing

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Article in New York Times. Sent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQMobile). (If message includes an image- double click on it to make larger-if h...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Prison Law Blog: Welcome to the blogosphere

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In the past I've added new ICDP-related blogs to the blogroll without announcement.  Today I'm going to start posting brief FYI not...