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The Constitutional Right We Have Bargained Away

10 January 2022by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Carissa Byrne Hessick The Atlantic The Bill of Rights exists to protect individuals. It protects the right to free speech, the right to due process, the right to counsel, and […]

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How Big Tech Created a Data ‘Treasure Trove’ for Police

20 July 2021by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Matt O’Brien & Michael Liedtke Associated Press When U.S. law enforcement officials need to cast a wide net for information, they’re increasingly turning to the vast digital ponds of […]

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The Brain, the Criminal, and the Courts

17 January 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Eryn Brown Knowable Magazine On March 30, 1981, 25-year-old John W. Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan and three other people. The following year, he went on trial for […]

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Hope or Hype? Neuroscience & Criminal Law

7 August 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Stephen J. Morse The Neuroethics Blog The discovery of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in 1991, which permits non-invasive imaging of brain function, and the wide availability of scanners for research […]

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Defending Kevin Davis’s “The Brain Defense”

6 July 2017by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By Andreas Kuersten TheThresh.com The drafting of a book is an intense undertaking, requiring a significant devotion of time and effort. Accordingly, book reviewers have an obligation to apply themselves […]

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The Future of DNA Profiling

15 June 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Francie Diep Pacific Standard Despite what procedural dramas might lead you to believe, the DNA that police collect at crime scenes can’t tell you anything about the characteristics of […]

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Addressing the Future of Virtual Violence

8 May 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jaclyn Seelagy UCLA Law Review Discourse With the release of Oculus Rift, followed closely by the HTC Vive, it seems the virtual reality revolution is finally on its way.  Several […]

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The Good and Bad of Predictive Policing

4 November 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sidney Perkowitz Aeon In an age of anxiety, the words sound so reassuring: predictive policing. The first half promises an awareness of events that have not yet occurred. The […]

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How the Money Bail System Perpetuates America’s Mass Incarceration Problem

26 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jared Keller Pacific Standard At this very moment, nearly 450,000 Americans are sitting in county jails not because they’ve been charged with a crime, but because they simply don’t […]

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Is the Internet Endangering Criminal Informants?

2 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andrew Cohen The Marshall Project The online age has brought new dangers to government informants and their families. Now suspicious co-defendants, or friends of those who believe they have […]

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