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Duke Law School
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The Daily Digest, 2/15/11
I’ve previously discussed how brain dysfunction may be a double-edged sword in criminal cases. Proving a criminal defendant is more impulsive than most, more likely to act irrationally, or more likely to react violently than others under stressful circumstances may … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal, Neuroscience
Tagged double-edged sword, future dangerousness, iac, mitigation
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