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Courtroom First: Brain Scan Used in Murder Sentencing | Wired Science | Wired.comA defendant’s fMRI brain scan has been used in court for what is believed to be the first time. Brain scan evidence that the defense claimed shows the defendant’s brain was psychopathic was allowed into the sentencing portion of a murder trial in Chicago, Science reported Monday. Brian Dugan, ...
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China executes two over tainted milk scandal - Yahoo! NewsTwo men were executed in China on Tuesday for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal that led to the deaths of at least six infants and sickened up to 300,000, state media said. The men had been sentenced to death earlier this year by a court in the northern city of Shijiazhuang for ...
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Courtroom First: Brain Scan Used in Murder Sentencing | Wired Science | Wired.comCourtroom First: Brain Scan Used in Murder Sentencing A defendant’s fMRI brain scan has been used in court for what is believed to be the first time. Brain scan evidence that the defense claimed shows the defendant’s brain was psychopathic was allowed into the sentencing portion of a murder trial ...
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Italy arrests four men accused of funding Mumbai terror attacks - Yahoo! NewsOn Saturday night, Italian police arrested two Pakistani nationals, Mohammad Yaqub Janjua and his son Aamar, on charges they helped pay for the attack. The two own "Madina Trading," a money transfer agency, which made it easy for them to send large amounts of currency abroad without attracting ...
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1China executes two over tainted milk scandal - Yahoo! NewsNow there's something one might think about outsourcing to China - appropriate punishments for corporate criminals. Considering how much China lost on the global bankers' gambling, one might wonder if any of those "paragons of finance" will be visiting the Great Wall anytime soon.JDP added 8 hours ago
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1Dana Milbank - Washington Sketch: Republican senators do an about-face on judicial filibusters - washingtonpost.com"Lying, flip-flopping hypocrites." A charge Republican's love to level against anyone perceived as their opponents. Only this time it sticks to those very same Republicans. Ethics? Principles? Can be trusted to stick to and follow their word? Not for these Republican Senators.JDP added 4 days ago
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12009/cpi/surveys_indices/policy_researchGreenland comes of gray-snow clean ... because there aren't enough people there to be corrupt!?JDP added 5 days ago
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1Morgan Stanley CEO loves regulators - seriously -- DailyFinanceWell sure he does! That's 11 or 12 FREE employees helping get back his company's tarnished reputation. Maybe employees that can give one some "culpable deniablility" - "Look they were here and all over us; we thought we were doing the right thing!" Of course, it could also be an admission ...JDP added 5 days ago
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1Jacques Vallee: Waterboarding's curious corollaries - Boing BoingAh, but maybe there ARE "truth drugs" or techniques. In this case however, the administration wanted a particular result (confirmation of their claims) - SO, they did NOT want to use an "infallible" method of obtaining the truth, which MIGHT not give "confirmation" of what they wanted to hear! ...JDP added 5 days ago
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