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Dogtags and flag

Battle fatigue. Shell shock. Soldier’s heart. These are terms that have been used to describe posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, incurred by members of the military. The term PTSD was coined during...

Veterans Treatment Courts: How Society is Saving Private Ryan (and His/Her Fellow Veterans)

Battle fatigue. Shell shock. Soldier’s heart. These are terms that have been used to describe posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, incurred by members of the military. The term PTSD was coined during...

Poetry
Poetry

So, Judge, you have been on the bench for a while. You have mastered the law and created a routine that governs most of your daily cases. If you are in a high-volume jurisdiction you may begin to see the ...

Justice Judy Prescribes Poetry

So, Judge, you have been on the bench for a while. You have mastered the law and created a routine that governs most of your daily cases. If you are in a high-volume jurisdiction you may begin to see the ...

Character silohette
Character silohette

No issue involving the admission of criminal evidence is more troubling — and more complex — than the admissibility of “character” evidence under Evidence Rule 404(b) and the balancing of the p...

Conundrums of Character Evidence

No issue involving the admission of criminal evidence is more troubling — and more complex — than the admissibility of “character” evidence under Evidence Rule 404(b) and the balancing of the p...

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