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- Title
FREE WILL IS NO BARGAIN: HOW MISUNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR NEGATIVELY INFLUENCES OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
- Authors
Daly, Sean
- Abstract
The article focuses on the negative influences of misunderstanding human behavior on the criminal justice system in the U.S., and a story of the trial and execution of a pig named Wilbur for killing a child. Topics discussed include the Eight Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the criminal prosecution of animals, and the relationship between free will and the law.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CRIMINAL justice system; HUMAN behavior &; society; PROSECUTION; SWINE; UNITED States. Constitution. 8th Amendment; LAW -- Social aspects
- Publication
Nevada Law Journal, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 2, p992
- ISSN
2157-1899
- Publication type
Article