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- Title
THE EMPATHIC DIVIDE IN CAPITAL TRIALS: POSSIBILITIES FOR SOCIAL NEUROSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
- Authors
Hughes, Emily
- Abstract
The article discusses empathic divide, a psychological barrier that hampers capital jurors in making genuine decision because of unawareness of the social history of the capital defendant. It discusses the relevance of mitigations investigation by defense attorneys in the case of capital punishment to an individual. It also discusses lawyers can better understand the empathic divide between capital jurors and capital defendants through social neuroscientific research.
- Subjects
CAPITAL punishment; DEFENSE attorneys; JURORS' attidudes; DEFENDANTS; NEUROSCIENCES; EXTENUATING circumstances
- Publication
Michigan State Law Review, 2011, Vol 2011, Issue 3, p541
- ISSN
2693-1206
- Publication type
Article