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Original ArticleDoesn't surprise us one bit! This is what happens when corruption and greed infest the "justice" system.08/29/2013By Paul Hamaker Daniel Murrie of the University of Virginia and Marcus Boccaccini at Sam Houston State University p...

A brilliant experiment has proven that adversarial pressures skew forensic psychologists' scoring of supposedly objective risk assessment tests, and that this "adversarial allegiance" is not due to selection bias, or preexisting differences among evaluators. The researchers duped about 100 experienced forensic psychologists into believing they were part of a large-scale forensic case consultation at the behest of either a public defender service or a specialized prosecution unit. After two days of formal training by recognized experts on two widely used forensic instruments -- the Psychopathy Checklist-R (PCL-R) and the Static-99R -- the psychologists were paid $400 to spend a third day reviewing cases and scoring subjects. The National Science Foundation picked up the $40,000 tab.

This just goes to show you that corruption is indeed part of the "justice" system.

Original ArticleDoesn't surprise us one bit. It's not a "justice" system, it's an INjustice system!08/29/2013By Radley BalkoI've previously written about the cognitive bias problem in state crime labs. This is the bias that can creep into the wo...