The Yale Law Journal

Results for 'evidence'

Sonja B. Starr

empirical staff’s criticisms of their recent article, which found, contrary to the Commission’s prior work, no evidence that racial disparity in sentences increased in response to ...

M. Marit Rehavi

empirical staff’s criticisms of their recent article, which found, contrary to the Commission’s prior work, no evidence that racial disparity in sentences increased in response to ...

Murat C. Mungan

erroneous acquittals. We find that if he is correct, the optimal standard of proof is stronger than preponderance of evidence. Our conclusion stands in stark contrast to proposals ...

Steven D. Smith

impeachment. This Article challenges that conventional wisdom. Using evidence from England, the colonies, a…

Saikrishna Prakash

impeachment. This Article challenges that conventional wisdom. Using evidence from England, the colonies, a…

Tom R. Tyler

supposed influence that watching the television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has on juror behavior. Some have claimed that jurors who see the high-quality forensic evidence ...

Jessica M. Choplin

participants read to confirm what they were told (e.g., “Your loan is at 4%”) and then failed to look for contradictory evidence

Mark A. LeBoeuf

participants read to confirm what they were told (e.g., “Your loan is at 4%”) and then failed to look for contradictory evidence

Debra Pogrund Stark

participants read to confirm what they were told (e.g., “Your loan is at 4%”) and then failed to look for contradictory evidence

Brian Netter

unsavory past and either could be the murderer--or an innocent man. It all depends on whether a witness should be believed, how the evidence is pieced together, and how the ...