Virtual Poverty? What Happens when Criminal Trials Go Online?doi:10.2139/ssrn.3875308The challenge posed by the editors of this collection is for authors to reflect on what good can come out of the pandemic. This is far from easy to address inSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Research on the subject is notoriously difficult, in part because each criminal case is unique. A leading researcher on the subject, Samuel R. Sommers, found in a 2006 study based on mock trials that all-white juries are more prone to convict Black defendants. But the study also found whit...
the cartels by engaging in certain business practices even as they know that the cartels have been able to smuggle their firearms across the southern border. Firearms makers in the U.S., the Mexican government claimed, engaged in this conduct to profit off the criminal market for their weapons...
If you're not secure by design, a cybercriminal using a few Google searches could find misconfigured folders and steal data. Think of it as having a house with the best security system and an open window. You're asking for a cyber attack. 7. Physical Theft Criminals may steal your ...
The Make America Great Again movement that once carried Donald Trump to the White House gives him momentum still, in spite of legal travails that see him facing 91 charges across four criminal trials in the coming months. They come on top of one civil case in which he was found liab...
Gotti’s co-defendant, underboss Frank Locascio, was also convicted on a racketeering charge that included six criminal charges of murder conspiracy, gambling, obstruction of justice and tax fraud. Gotti and Locascio were each sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for the ...
The basis of SoD is the understanding that running a business should not be a single-person job. No one person should have the power or control to perform any kind of task that may lead to fraudulent or criminal activity that could damage the company. As such, SoD is an important element...
Two studies looking at the same treatment may have contradictory findings. It can also be difficult to assess how robust a study is based on its design and whether its findings are reliable. The most robust studies are randomized controlled trials where patients...
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Bench Trials are Relatively New Previously, it was understood that a criminal defendant had a right to a jury trial, unless there were legal specifications that gave the accused the option of choosing a bench trial. However, in 1930 the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case that indirectly paved...