Viewfinder: An SS Guard Faces Trial for Nazi Crimes
The 94-year-old former SS guard faces trial, charged with complicity in the mass murders at the Nazi concentration camp Stutthof during World War II.
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Confidence Matters for Eyewitness Testimony
Obtaining accurate eyewitness testimony may be more nuanced than previously thought.
New Jersey’s Eyewitness Testimony Instructions Work … Sort of
The state's jury instructions—including a crash course in the psychology of memory—make jurors more skeptical of eyewitness testimony, but not more discerning.
The Emotions That Prosecutors Elicit to Make Jurors Vote Guilty
Jurors experiencing “moral outrage” will be more likely to convict, and changes in technology are making this a bigger factor.
Could Sober Eyewitnesses Be Less Reliable Than Intoxicated Ones?
A new study out of Sweden throws doubt on the alcohol myopia theory.
Trying the Foot Soldiers
The final wave of Nazi trials focuses on now-octogenarian pawns of the end game that was the Holocaust.
Clinical Trial Coverage Criticized
Newspaper reporting on clinical trials “is not providing the public with the information necessary to make informed decisions…