I imagine in the current news environment, that headline makes you think of the Casey Anthony trial or maybe O.J. Simpson, Robert Durst or Mary Winkler. That side of the equation makes one think of a perpetrator going free, feeling invincible and ready to victimize...
Set aside, for a moment, your feelings and opinions about the verdict in the Casey Anthony trial and think about jury service and how you’d react in that environment. Juries tend to form a bond throughout the length of a trial and this connection is even...
The not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony case was one possibility that never crossed my mind. Although I never thought it was possible that she would get the death penalty, I did think she could be convicted of premeditated murder. I also could conceive of a...
In an earlier post, we examined the first ten items in Dr. Robert Hare’s twenty-point psychopathy checklist. All ten could be connected to the personality and behavior of Casey Anthony. Now here are the second group of points for consideration. Promiscuous...
Dr. Robert D. Hare, a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and an influential researcher on psychopathy for over 25 years, developed one of the most widely used tools for assessing and identifying psychopaths. His checklist, although...
