Montgomery et al. have documented the extent to which jurors apparently do and do not rely on expert testimony regarding dangerousness and mental illness. This article reviews some of the methodological issues raised by their findings and argues that their results have potential value for appellate defense counsel in appealing death sentences in which trial counsel failed to introduce expert te...

This testimony considers the current science and status of the fish populations of the Columbia River System. 2 My name is James Anderson; I am an Associate Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. My research over the past two decades has involved Columbia River salmon and the influence of the hydrosystem and climate on the survival and productiv...

In line with years of tradition, soldiers young and old come together at the local pub or hall to swap war stories of time in the trenches. For the forensic clinician, the trenches represent the hard-fought battles during expert testimony. As it turns out, our pub was a social gathering at the 2012 meeting of the American Psychology Law Society in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The University of Alabam...

Chairman Shea, Vice Chairman Reinsch and distinguished members of the Commission, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the topic of China's innovation capabilities. This is my first opportunity to testify before this body, and I am honored to have such a chance. There are four central points to be made when considering China's innovation capabilities and the challenge they present for th...

1 . The Importance of Testimony We citizens of the 2lSt century live in a world where division of epistemic labour rules. Most of what we know we learned from the spoken or written word of others, and we depend in endless practical ways on the technological fruits of the dispersed knowledge of others-of which we often know almost nothing-in virtually every moment of our lives. Interest has been...