Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Shaken Baby Syndrome

For an excellent -- but noncommittal -- review of the growing controversy over the "shaken baby syndrome," see Mark Hansen, Unsettling Science: Experts Are Still Debating Whether Shaken Baby Syndrome Exists ABA Journal (Dec. 1, 2011).
 
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Of Inference Networks and -- Gasp! -- Onto-Epistemology





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An Old "Stunt": A Planned Wrongful Courtroom Identification

Debra Cassens Weiss Lawyer’s Twin Stand-In Stunt at Preliminary Hearing Leaves Judge Furious   ABA Online (Dec. 19, 2011).

A snippet:
"[Defense counsel] denied that the twin stand-in was intended to get the alleged victim to identify the wrong man, according to the newspaper’s review of the transcript. 'This honorable court asked for Mr. White [accused's name was "White"], and that’s who’s at the table today, Mr. White,' she said."




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Special Issue on Uncertainty Theorist Henry Kyburg


The journal Synthese will soon publish a special issue on the uncertainty theorist Henry Kyburg. Advance copies of the papers are available here.

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