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New Law Means More Gun Crimes Than Ever

Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Congress is passing more laws than ever, and some of them are downright dangerous. For instance, a new study finds that the number of guns that were subsequently linked to crime sold by a single store--a Milwaukee-area gun shop called Badger Guns &...
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Law Courts Need to Use Their Brains

Friday, January 27, 2012
Our laws have not kept up with new discoveries in neuroscience, meaning that a jury could declare someone guilty when a crime isn't necessarily his (or her) fault. How should insights about the brain affect the course of a criminal trial, from the arguments in a...
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New Law: No Longer Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Friday, January 13, 2012
Not everyone realizes that a new law has been passed that allows the military to detain American citizens indefinitely without a trial, the way it sends foreigners to Guantanamo now. Even though the military and covert agencies say they don't want this kind of power, congress passed the bill anyway. Obama threatened to veto it, but let it pass...
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Law Looks

Monday, June 7, 2010

Do better looking defendants stay out of jail? - It may be the last place you want to be judged on your looks, but in a court of law it pays to be attractive. If you're not good looking, get your lawyer to use your brain scan to prove you're telling the truth.

A new study has found that unattractive defendants are 22%...

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