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Expert Roundtable Discusses Sentence | Brains on Trial
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Watch exclusive conversations with Alan and our experts, including bonus material we couldn’t fit into the broadcast. Tune into the broadcast at 10:00 pm EST on September 11th and 18th. Expert Roundtable Discusses Sentence. What was the judge thinking when he sentenced Jimmy. To 12 years in prison? Could he get an early parole? What might Jimmy’s fate be in prison, considering he’s an addict, impulsive, and impressionable? Get answers to these questions and more as Hon. Judge Jed Rakoff. Alan Alda sat do...
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Could neuroscience give insight into what a defendant is thinking? | Brains on Trial
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Watch exclusive conversations with Alan and our experts, including bonus material we couldn’t fit into the broadcast. Tune into the broadcast at 10:00 pm EST on September 11th and 18th. Could neuroscience give insight into what a defendant is thinking? A major question in criminal courts is determining if a defendant has remorse for his crimes. Alan visits with Dr. Marcel Just. Brains on Trial Full Broadcast Episode 1: Determining Guilt. Expert Roundtable Discusses Sentence. Could he get an early parole?
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Watch exclusive conversations with Alan and our experts, including bonus material we couldn’t fit into the broadcast. Tune into the broadcast at 10:00 pm EST on September 11th and 18th. View The Full Broadcast. View The Full Trial. Brains on Trial Full Broadcast Episode 1: Determining Guilt. On trial is Jimmy Moran, who a few days after he turned 18 took part in the robbery of a store during which the storeowner's wife was shot and grievously…. Expert Roundtable Discusses Sentence. Alan visits with law a...
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Did his Brain make him Commit his Crime? | Brains on Trial
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Watch exclusive conversations with Alan and our experts, including bonus material we couldn’t fit into the broadcast. Tune into the broadcast at 10:00 pm EST on September 11th and 18th. Did his Brain make him Commit his Crime? When discussing how neuroscience could affect criminal law, one question keeps coming up: Are we in danger of saying “his brain made him do it? 8221; Bea Luna. Weigh in on this notion and how best to avoid this slippery slope. Expert Roundtable Discusses Sentence. Alan took some ti...
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Brains on Trial Full Broadcast Episode 2: Deciding Punishment | Brains on Trial
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Watch exclusive conversations with Alan and our experts, including bonus material we couldn’t fit into the broadcast. Tune into the broadcast at 10:00 pm EST on September 11th and 18th. Brains on Trial Full Broadcast Episode 2: Deciding Punishment. Has been found guilty of shooting and badly injuring a woman in a robbery that went wrong. During the sentencing phase of the trial, Judge Rakoff. Brains on Trial Full Broadcast Episode 1: Determining Guilt. Expert Roundtable Discusses Sentence. Alan Alda spea...
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How Judges weigh Sentencing | Brains on Trial
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Watch exclusive conversations with Alan and our experts, including bonus material we couldn’t fit into the broadcast. Tune into the broadcast at 10:00 pm EST on September 11th and 18th. How Judges weigh Sentencing. Alan visited with Dr. Rene Marois. To understand further how judges decide a sentence. Marois and his team at Vanderbilt have been scanning judges to see how they weigh criminal intent vs harm caused and what factors influence sentencing. Expert Roundtable Discusses Sentence. Alan took some ti...
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John Angier is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and an executive at an independent TV and media production company. After graduating in physics from the University of Essex he was a theatre stage manager, and wrote children's science adventures for the stage at the Mermaid Theatre, London. He then produced science programs at BBC-TV in London before moving to WGBH-TV, Boston as a founding producer of PBS's Nova. Science documentary series. He went on to found a production company. Carl Safina's wri...
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The Issues | Brains on Trial
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Currently more than 2 million people are in American prisons or jails. (Source). More than half of prisoners in federal prisons are there because of drug offenses. (Source). If the rest of the world followed U.S. lead, the total number incarcerated worldwide would increase fivefold from 9.2 million to 47.6 million. (Source). Releasing even just half of non-violent offenders would save $16.9 billion per year. (Source). Since 1970, our prison population has risen 700%. (Source). To many brain scientists, l...
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The People | Brains on Trial
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Meet the characters in our story. The crime and trial are fictional, but the judge and legal staff are real. How might Jimmy’s upbringing, friends, family and other influences have affected his actions? 2016 Chedd-Angier Production Company.
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