AP-LS News
March 2014
Feature Article
Actual Innocence Research
By Allison D. Redlich and Robert J. NorrisThe newsletter editors introduce this issue's guest author, Ashley Nicole Miller.
Life after Exoneration
By Ashley Nicole MillerFor so long, the wrongfully convicted were thought of as criminals and accused of being such, until one day they were no longer. This sudden shift in identity poses new challenges for wrongfully convicted exonerees as they reenter society.
Expert Opinion
- Recantation in Legal Contexts
When an eyewitness or victim recants, is it enough to halt an execution, lead to an exoneration, or influence prosecutors to drop a case?
By Lindsay C. Malloy, Jillian Rivard, MA, Allison P. Mungo, BA, and Peter Molinaro, MA
Committee News
- AP-LS Committee on Early Career Professionals
Awards and other news from the Committee on ECPs.
- AP-LS Student Section Committee
Status reports from the officers of the Student Section Committee.
Legal Update
- Can Case Outcome Predictions Be Improved?
The reputation and success of a trial lawyer depends, in part, on how well they predict case outcomes.
By Christina A. Studebaker, PhD, MLS
- Creation of an internet search tool specific to open access, forensic psychology journals
Scholarly publishing is being transformed by the internet.
By Bruce Borkosky - Getting Past "Yes"
A message from former division president Brian L. Cutler, PhD.
By Brian L. Cutler, PhD
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