Download This PaperDo Trial Consultants Spell the End of Justice?
The Jury Expert, vol. 27, no. 3, 2015
11 Pages Posted: 1 May 2020
Date Written: 2015
Abstract
The conclusion I have reached is that our justice system is largely built on incorrect assumptions about human behavior. In my new book, UNFAIR, I make the case that for our laws and practices to be effective we need to commit ourselves to evidence-based justice. Until we embrace what the scientific research has to say about eyewitness identification procedures, interrogation protocols, judicial bias, and the effects of solitary confinement, we will continue to see wrongful convictions, trampled rights, and terrible abuse.
I argue that change is entirely feasible and that there are already models of success not only internationally, but in certain jurisdictions in the United States. But I also suggest that there are challenges to accomplishing science-based reform and, ironically, one of those challenges is presented by the trial consulting industry.
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Adam Benforado (Contact Author)
Drexel University Kline School of Law ( email )
3320 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
United States