Old convictions soon to be spent?

Waay back in March I mentioned that Victoria doesn't have a spent conviction scheme (aside from the ten-year limit on alleging Children's Court criminal histories, currently in Crimes Act s 376(4), and from 1 January 2010, in Criminal Procedure Act 2008 s 3 under the definition of previous conviction).I think most, if not all, States …

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DNA evidence and the prosecutor's fallacy

Edit: Although not limited to the US, some of the most glaring applications of the prosecutor's fallacy have occurred there. It's a problem that continues, with the US Supreme Court having just had to decide another case (McDaniel v Brown [2010] USSC No 08-559) where an expert on behalf of the State used the traditional …

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DNA evidence and the prosecutor’s fallacy

Edit: Although not limited to the US, some of the most glaring applications of the prosecutor's fallacy have occurred there. It's a problem that continues, with the US Supreme Court having just had to decide another case (McDaniel v Brown [2010] USSC No 08-559) where an expert on behalf of the State used the traditional …

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