Dr. Wertham relied mainly on interviews with juvenile offenders and psychological tests on them, but as his opponents did not fail to point out, his interpretations of his subjects' testimony was subject to reasonable doubt.
Age was determined using the subject's testimony, national identity cards and a calendar of historic events.
WASHINGTON — Two years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that crime laboratory reports may not be used against criminal defendants at trial unless the analysts responsible for creating them give testimony and subject themselves to cross-examination.
WASHINGTON — Crime laboratory reports may not be used against criminal defendants at trial unless the analysts responsible for creating them give testimony and subject themselves to cross-examination, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a 5-to-4 decision.
The decision, with Justice Souter in the majority, ruled that crime laboratory reports may not be used against criminal defendants at trial unless the analysts responsible for creating them give testimony and subject themselves to cross-examination.
Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber, a lawyer and psychiatrist who founded the drug treatment program Odyssey House and went on to give widely quoted but sometimes disputed testimony on subjects like child abuse and pornography, died on Sunday in Manhattan.
Borrowing in part from the "thin slice" methodology, we assessed outcomes in a 2 (deliberating vs. non-deliberating jurors) × 3 (length of videotaped testimony) between-subjects design.
The testimonies were subject to exhaustive reading, followed by the organization and categorization of the data by highlighting recurring themes or patterns.
"Please, Mr. Fischetti," she blurted out, "you could give expert testimony on the subject".
Nor should doctors' expert testimony, which is subject to error, be considered decisive.
