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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
FYiPOST: STUDIES: Posthumous Pardons in the United States
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Monday, March 7, 2011
FYiPOST: Brain damage as mitigating factor@The Daily Digest – 3/7/11
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
Research briefs: Judicial decision making & a tale of two cities executions
I just stumbled upon a great journal that specializes in the empirical study of law--The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Below are two sample articles. I am going to add this to my list of journals to monitor..and also the journal
Kastellec, J. P. (2010). The Statistical Analysis of Judicial Decisions and Legal Rules with Classification Trees. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 7(2), 202-230.
A key question in the quantitative study of legal rules and judicial decision making is the structure of the relationship between case facts and case outcomes. Legal doctrine and legal rules are general attempts to define this relationship. This article summarizes and utilizes a statistical method relatively unexplored in political science and legal scholarship—classification trees—that offers a flexible way to study legal doctrine. I argue that this method, while not replacing traditional statistical tools for studying judicial decisions, can better capture many aspects of the relationship between case facts and case outcomes. To illustrate the method's advantages, I conduct classification tree analyses of search and seizure cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and confession cases decided by the courts of appeals. These analyses illustrate the ability of classification trees to increase our understanding of legal rules and legal doctrine
Zimring, F. E., Fagan, J., & Johnson, D. T. (2010). Executions, Deterrence, and Homicide: A Tale of Two Cities. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 7(1), 1-29.
We compare homicide rates in two quite similar cities with vastly different execution risks. Singapore had an execution rate close to one per million per year until an explosive 20-fold increase in 1994–1995 and 1996 to a level that we show was probably the highest in the world. Then, over the next 11 years, Singapore executions dropped by about 95 percent. Hong Kong, by contrast, had no executions at all during the last generation and abolished capital punishment in 1993. Homicide levels and trends are remarkably similar in these two cities over the 35 years after 1973, with neither the surge in Singapore executions nor the more recent steep drop producing any differential impact. By comparing two closely matched places with huge contrasts in actual execution but no differences in homicide trends, we have generated a unique test of the exuberant claims of deterrence that have been produced over the past decade in the United States
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
FYiPOST: Law and Memory conference@The Daily Digest, 3/3/11
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
FYiPOST: "Brain Scans as Evidence: Truths, Proofs, Lies, and Lessons"
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Differential Abilities Scales-II IQ test: CHC explanation from publisher
I picked up a nice glossily CHC and DAS-II brochure at the NASP conference last week. It explains, as per the DAS-II author and publisher, how they view the interpretation of the Differential Abilities Scales, Second Edition, from the consensus psychometric model of intelligence (CHC theory).
If anyone can refer me to an on-line PDF copy from the publisher, I will switch out the link to direct traffic to that page. I could not find one when I searched for it.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Research byte: Where do tactile (Gh) abilities fit in the CHC model of intelligence: Research article
Neuropsychologists often administer tactile and sensory-motor measures during clinical and forensic assessments. Where do these measures fit within the consensus model of intelligence (CHC theory)? Recent article by Scott Decker provides some guidance. Double click on image to enlarge.
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FYiPOST: Complimentary WAIS-IV®, WMS®-IV, and ACS Training Opportunities
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Does the WJ III battery measure the same abilities in US and Canada? New report
The following report has just been posted at WMF Press. Click here to access the WMF page with a link to a copy of the report, which is under the WMF Press Bulletin section. Double click on images to enlarge.
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Law Review Article: No More Tinkering with the Death Penalty (Steiker & Steiker, 2010)
To be added to the Law Review Article blogroll.
Steiker, C. S., & Steiker, J. M. (2010). No More Tinkering: The American Law Institute and the Death Penalty Provisions of the Model Penal Code. Texas Law Review, 89(2), 353-365
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
IQs Corner Blog a top 50 Blog by Psychology Professionals
IQs Corner, the mother blog of my IQ Brain Clock and Intellectual Competence and Death Penalty blogs, has just received another recognition--a top 50 blog by psychology professionals.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Mississippi Justice Takes Cheap Shot at the Flynn Effect (and Flynn Himself)-Guest blog post
This is a guest blog post by Kevin Foley, a regular contributor at the ICDP blog.
The Mississippi Supreme Court recently held that Frederick Bell is entitled to an evidenciary hearing on his claim that he is intellectually disabled. One unhappy justice dissented to this part of the majority opinion, and in doing so, took an inappropriate cheap shot at the Flynn Effect and Dr. Flynn himself.
As for Dr. Flynn, the dissent stated that, “The 'Flynn Effect' is a theory advanced by a political scientist who, under the Mississippi Rules of Evidence, could not be qualified as an expert on mental retardation by 'knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education . . . .' Miss. R. Evid. 702.” Bell v. State, No. 2010-DR-01907-SCT (Miss., Feb 3, 2011) (J. Randolph, concurring and dissenting, at note 20). The justice implied that Dr. Flynn would not even be permitted to take the stand to testify about the Flynn Effect, since he is not “an expert on mental retardation.” But the validity of the Flynn Effect, as a scientific concept, does not rest on any expertise Dr. Flynn might have as a mental retardation expert. As Dr. Kevin McGrew's Flynn Effect bibliography (available on this blog) shows, Dr. Flynn's research which concluded with what is now known as the Flynn Effect has reached a very high level of respectability in the intelligence testing field. The dispute is not with the Flynn Effect itself; the dispute concerns the cause of the effect; whether is should be used to adjust scores in high stakes litigation; whether it will continue apace; and whether it should be assumed to apply to later versions of extant test batteries. No one has convincingly argued that Dr. Flynn was not competent to conduct the research that led to the Flynn Effect.
As for the concept itself, the Mississippi justice argued, “Furthermore, the scientific validity of the “Flynn Effect,” utilized by Dr. Zimmerman, repeatedly has been rejected by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. See id. [referring to the Chase case] (citing In re Salazar, 443 F.3d 430, 433 n.1 (5th Cir. 2006)).” This statement is not accurate. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has not rejected the Flynn Effect, it has simply not addressed the issue head-on. In the Fifth Circuit case cited by the dissenting Mississippi justice, the federal appeals court specifically stated, “Even assuming that the Flynn Effect is a valid scientific theory and is applicable to Salazar's individual I.Q. score and we express no opinion as to whether this is actually the case . . .” In re Salazar, 443 F. 3d 430 (5th Cir. 2006). More recently, in Maldonado v. Thaler, 625 F. 3d 229, 238 (5th Cir. 2010) the court stated only that it had not recognized the Flynn Effect to be a valid scientific concept. And in Wiley v. Epps, 625 F. 3d 199, 214 (5th Cir. 2010) the court did not “reject” the validity of the Flynn Effect, and it would have been hard pressed to do so, in light of the fact that, “All three experts who testified at the evidentiary hearing stated that the Flynn effect is generally accepted in the scientific community”. Not addressing an issue is a lot different than holding that an issue (or concept) is invalid from a scientific standpoint.
Moreover, on page 30 of Bell, this justice claimed that the Flynn Effect is “a suspect theory” and that the defense expert's opinion using the Flynn Effect was a “fallacious, inadmissible opinion” under Mississippi Rule of Evidence 702, the state's counterpart to the U.S. Supreme Court's Daubert standard. The justice's conclusions in this regard were a stretch indeed. Experts both prosecution and defense - are testifying about the Flynn Effect all over the country, in both federal and state courts. Whether the courts have decided to apply the Flynn Effect to adjust IQ scores is one thing; refusing to admit testimony about the Flynn Effect because it is an untested pseudoscientific theory is another matter completely.
The most the Fifth Circuit stated with regard to the Flynn Effect and its validity was, “We need not resolve the weight, if any, to be given to the Flynn effect, however, because the district court also found that even without it the evidence supported a finding that Wiley had significant subaverage intellectual functioning.” Id. at 214.
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The Mississippi Supreme Court recently held that Frederick Bell is entitled to an evidenciary hearing on his claim that he is intellectually disabled. One unhappy justice dissented to this part of the majority opinion, and in doing so, took an inappropriate cheap shot at the Flynn Effect and Dr. Flynn himself.
As for Dr. Flynn, the dissent stated that, “The 'Flynn Effect' is a theory advanced by a political scientist who, under the Mississippi Rules of Evidence, could not be qualified as an expert on mental retardation by 'knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education . . . .' Miss. R. Evid. 702.” Bell v. State, No. 2010-DR-01907-SCT (Miss., Feb 3, 2011) (J. Randolph, concurring and dissenting, at note 20). The justice implied that Dr. Flynn would not even be permitted to take the stand to testify about the Flynn Effect, since he is not “an expert on mental retardation.” But the validity of the Flynn Effect, as a scientific concept, does not rest on any expertise Dr. Flynn might have as a mental retardation expert. As Dr. Kevin McGrew's Flynn Effect bibliography (available on this blog) shows, Dr. Flynn's research which concluded with what is now known as the Flynn Effect has reached a very high level of respectability in the intelligence testing field. The dispute is not with the Flynn Effect itself; the dispute concerns the cause of the effect; whether is should be used to adjust scores in high stakes litigation; whether it will continue apace; and whether it should be assumed to apply to later versions of extant test batteries. No one has convincingly argued that Dr. Flynn was not competent to conduct the research that led to the Flynn Effect.
As for the concept itself, the Mississippi justice argued, “Furthermore, the scientific validity of the “Flynn Effect,” utilized by Dr. Zimmerman, repeatedly has been rejected by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. See id. [referring to the Chase case] (citing In re Salazar, 443 F.3d 430, 433 n.1 (5th Cir. 2006)).” This statement is not accurate. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has not rejected the Flynn Effect, it has simply not addressed the issue head-on. In the Fifth Circuit case cited by the dissenting Mississippi justice, the federal appeals court specifically stated, “Even assuming that the Flynn Effect is a valid scientific theory and is applicable to Salazar's individual I.Q. score and we express no opinion as to whether this is actually the case . . .” In re Salazar, 443 F. 3d 430 (5th Cir. 2006). More recently, in Maldonado v. Thaler, 625 F. 3d 229, 238 (5th Cir. 2010) the court stated only that it had not recognized the Flynn Effect to be a valid scientific concept. And in Wiley v. Epps, 625 F. 3d 199, 214 (5th Cir. 2010) the court did not “reject” the validity of the Flynn Effect, and it would have been hard pressed to do so, in light of the fact that, “All three experts who testified at the evidentiary hearing stated that the Flynn effect is generally accepted in the scientific community”. Not addressing an issue is a lot different than holding that an issue (or concept) is invalid from a scientific standpoint.
Moreover, on page 30 of Bell, this justice claimed that the Flynn Effect is “a suspect theory” and that the defense expert's opinion using the Flynn Effect was a “fallacious, inadmissible opinion” under Mississippi Rule of Evidence 702, the state's counterpart to the U.S. Supreme Court's Daubert standard. The justice's conclusions in this regard were a stretch indeed. Experts both prosecution and defense - are testifying about the Flynn Effect all over the country, in both federal and state courts. Whether the courts have decided to apply the Flynn Effect to adjust IQ scores is one thing; refusing to admit testimony about the Flynn Effect because it is an untested pseudoscientific theory is another matter completely.
The most the Fifth Circuit stated with regard to the Flynn Effect and its validity was, “We need not resolve the weight, if any, to be given to the Flynn effect, however, because the district court also found that even without it the evidence supported a finding that Wiley had significant subaverage intellectual functioning.” Id. at 214.
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Atkins ID/MR Court Decision: Bell v MIssissippi (2011)
Another new Atkins ruling. Bell v Mississippi (2011). It is being added to the Court Decisions blogroll. Stay tuned as Kevin Foley has provided me a guest blog comment regarding one aspect (Flynn effect) of this decision. His post will be up possibly shortly...hopefully no more than two days from now. Blogging form a hotel lobby at a conference.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
FYiPOST: MENTAL ILLNESS: Death Sentences Vacated for Two with Severe Mental Illness
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Research brief: WAIS-IV US-Canadian factor and score comparability
The transportability of the meaning of an intelligence test batteries composite scores across countries/cultures is important when a test is originally developed and normed in one country and is then adapted and used in a second country.
Bowden et al (2010) recently investigated the factorial invariance of the WAIS-IV across US and Canadian samples. The results are summarized in the abstract below (click to enlarge). The WAIS-IV was found to measure the same theoretical constructs across the two countries. However, the reported difference in latent mean factor intercepts indicated that the WAIS-IV provides higher scores with Canadian subjects. The need for Canadian norms are suggested.
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Bowden et al (2010) recently investigated the factorial invariance of the WAIS-IV across US and Canadian samples. The results are summarized in the abstract below (click to enlarge). The WAIS-IV was found to measure the same theoretical constructs across the two countries. However, the reported difference in latent mean factor intercepts indicated that the WAIS-IV provides higher scores with Canadian subjects. The need for Canadian norms are suggested.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
FYiPOST: Neuroscience Trial Transcripts
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
FYiPOST: Full Eleventh Circuit examining Georgia's procedure for capital defendants under Atkins
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FYiPOST: Freedman on Habeas Corpus as a Common Law Writ
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
Possible Atkins MR/ID claim preemptive strike by Indiana Supreme Court?
Thanks to Kevin Foley for sending the interesting Baer (2011) v Indiana decision.
This is an interesting example of what appears to be a preemptive strike by a state supreme court against the possibility of a future Atkins MR/ID claim. When one reads the decision there is much discussion of mental illness, toxic family/parenting, drug abuse....but nothing about possible MR/ID. The Indiana Supreme Court stated in this case, "The record contains very occasional mention of mental retardation. We thus pause to consider whether there might be any claim under Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), though none of his lawyers nor any of the multitude of medical experts have made this an issue." (pg 35) The court then discussed the evidence bearing on an, ID claim and concluded...nope....not possibly MR/ID.
If is my understanding that typically, if no party raises an issue, then the court will not either. It is possible that given the numerous Atkins claims throughout the country, this court wanted to shoot down any thought that some lawyer might have in the future to raise an MR/ID claim on Baer's behalf.
Interesting.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
FYiPost: "Technologies on the Stand: Legal and Ethical Questions in Neuroscience and Robotics"
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
FYiPost: Special Issue of Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology
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FYiPost: Great New Blog---Law and Biosciences
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
FYiPost: Misunderstandings by Jurors Undermines Constitutionality of Death Penalty
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