The trial of fallen politician Bo Xilai reached a dramatic peak before its third day closed on Saturday, when Bo faced down Wang Lijun, his former second-in-command, about the tale of murder and intrigue that precipitated his downfall.
The first complainant in the trial of fallen Canadian radio star Jian Ghomeshi has gone public with her identity, in hopes of using her own experience in the courtroom to help sexual assault survivors better navigate the country's legal system.
NEW YORK TIMES In Trial of Fallen China Boss, Focus on Business Ally | Xu Ming, once a little-known entrepreneur from northeastern China who worked his way into the good graces of China's elite families, is now in custody, and one of his relationships has become a piece of evidence in the trial of the former Politburo member Bo Xilai, David Barboza reports in The New York Times.
Yet one question I have been thinking deeply about since reading James Kimmel, Jr.'s excellent novel, "The Trial of Fallen Angels," is what does it take for justice to be truly served?
Wu et al. (2010) noted that in clinical trials of falls prevention interventions, 45%-85%-85%f invited older adults participated.
We argued that, when seen in the context of other positive trials of falls prevention, our trial showed that the provision of falls prevention to people identified by screening was plausible and could well be clinically effective.
Among the women examined and eligible for the trial, risk of falls (based on history of falls, fear of falling, physical performances, and perceived physical health) did not differ significantly between those who accepted and those who refused to participate, which indicates that no additional self selection (based on fall risk) occurred above and beyond our intended selection process.
As an example, we are using the rationale of a randomized trial on falls prevention.
Similar participation rates have been reported in other randomised controlled trials of fall prevention programmes.
