Could Tsarnaev Argue, ‘My Immature, Pot-Impaired Brain Made Me Do It’?
Judith Edersheim, JD, MD | WBUR CommonHealth | January 9, 2015 As the jury selection for the long-anticipated trial of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber begins, CLBB’s Co-Director and forensic...
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As jury selection for the long-anticipated trial of the Boston Marathon bomber is underway, there is much speculation about how brain science will be used by the defense team of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, who...
View ArticleDzokhar Tsarnaev: Adolescent or Adult?
By Laurence Steinberg | The Boston Globe | March 30, 2015 As the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the accused Boston Marathon bomber, moves into its defense phase, his attorneys likely will lean heavily on...
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WATCH – “From Troubled Teens to Tsarnaev: Promises and Perils of Adolescent...
Click to enlarge poster. The neuroscience of adolescent brain development has had increasing impact on American jurisprudence. The U.S. Supreme Court relied on this neuroscience in Roper v. Simmons...
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