The Law Today on State Court Confession Admissibility

The (In)Admissibility of False Confession Expert Testimony

Validity of the admission-confession distinction for purposes of admissibility.

Admissibility of false-confession testimony: know thy standard.

The reliability of confessions is subject to a variety of factors, some of which give rise to expert testimony. To the degree that prosecutors construe the determination of reliability as an objective standard, they may attempt to bar testimony. Moreover, when the testimony is theoretical rather than clinical, there are additional challenges. Depending on jurisdiction, the admissibility of expe...

Blockchain Receipts: Patentability and Admissibility in Court

The nature of the court today.

This article surveys the current landscape of the juvenile court. The original concept of this court, when implemented by state legislatures, took different organizational forms. The length of judges' assignments to this court varies as does the extent of their specialization. These courts differ from one another in numerous ways such as the minimum and maximum ages of their delinquency jurisdi...