Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been offered as a basis for criminal defenses, including insanity, unconsciousness, self-defense, diminished capacity, and sentencing mitigation. Examination of case law (e.g., appellate decisions) involving PTSD reveals that when offered as a criminal defense, PTSD has received mixed treatment in the judicial system. Courts have often recognized testimo...

This study examined the effectiveness of the opposing expert safeguard against unreliable expert testimony and whether beliefs about experts as hired guns and general acceptance mediate the effect of opposing expert testimony on juror decisions. We found strong evidence that the presence, but not the content, of opposing expert testimony affected jurors’ trial judgments and that these effects w...

1. As a followup to the direct testimony I provided earlier in this proceeding, I have been asked to expand on my prior testimony in three respects as well as to respond to certain issues raised during the course of the CARP proceeding. 2. In particular, I will discuss factors affecting the future trends of webcast quality, users’ options for obtaining permanent digital music files via methods ...