Surprise reversal in "killing and culpability" self-defense case

Judge slams defense lawyer as inept, dishonest Four years ago, I presented a reader participation exercise, " On Killing and Culpabilit...

Invitation to social media and ethics workshop June 7

Training by Keely Kolmes and Karen Franklin Do you ever stop and think about your professional use of social media -- whether Facebook, Twit...

Research roundup

The articles are flooding in at an alarming rate, threatening to bury me under yet another avalanche. Before I am completely submerged, let ...

RadioLab explores criminal culpability and the brain

Debate: Moral justice versus risk forecasting After Kevin had brain surgery for his epilepsy, he developed an uncontrollable urge to downloa...

Attorney-client privilege trumps child abuse reporting law, court rules

Elijah W. ruling clarifies thorny issue in California Forensic psychologists are split as to whether we must breach confidentiality when a c...

'Digital lynch mob' assaults expert witness in televised murder trial

Imagine you are testifying in a high-profile murder case being live-streamed over the Internet. Suddenly, an angry mob swarms all over you. ...

California high court upholds parolee confidentiality right

Two years ago, I reported on a California appellate opinion upholding the sacredness of patient-therapist confidentiality even for convict...

Remarkable experiment proves pull of adversarial allegiance

  Psychologists' scoring of forensic tools depends on which side they believe has hired them A brilliant experiment has proven that adve...