I recently served on a jury where the case involved a convicted sex offender who was petitioning for release from the treatment facility he was confined to. In order for release to be granted, the jury had to find that the defendant was no longer sexually dangerous. We were given a legal definition of the term 'sexually dangerous' before hearing testimony from three psychologists. The first two, hired by the state, testified that they had evaluated the defendant and found that he met the definition. The third, hired by the defendant, testified that he did not. The jury then had to reach a decision based on that testimony.
From what I remember of the testimony, the evaluation for sexual dangerousness involved interviewing the defendant and giving scores in several categories such as "Is the offender able to empathize with his victims?" and several others I don't recall. The scores are added up and if they're over a certain number, the person is considered sexually dangerous. Each psychologist testified as to why they gave the score they did in each category, although there were obviously differences of opinion among them.
In this case, we decided that the defendant was sexually dangerous. In order to be released, he would have to be found not sexually dangerous by the resident psychologist at his treatment facility, or by a jury after petitioning for another hearing. Petitions can be filed once a year, but due to backlog in the courts it would likely be at least two until he actually gets another one. As far as I know, he is confined indefinitely until one of those two things happen.
McCain's age increases the likelihood that, if elected, his VP would end up playing a more significant role than usual. Rather than choosing a running mate to solidify the republican base (who probably wouldn't vote for a democrat anyway), I'd think a better choice would be a moderate to appease the independent voters who might be scared off by the possibility of voting McCain but ending up with Huckabee for a year or two.
Do companies honestly believe people will see an ambiguous ad full of ethnically diverse people frolicking and hugging while enjoying sunsets and then rush to look up said product online just in case it applies to them?
Has anyone found a way to leave feedback with either Azureus/Zudeo or the correct BBC division over this deal? In addition to not buying their product, I'd love to let either company know that the DRM is the only thing preventing me from throwing money at them, which is true. I would have liked to do the same for the equally flawed Amazon Unbox service, but never found a way to. In addition to weak sales, hopefully enough anti-DRM feedback would help get the point across.
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I recently served on a jury where the case involved a convicted sex offender who was petitioning for release from the treatment facility he was confined to. In order for release to be granted, the jury had to find that the defendant was no longer sexually dangerous. We were given a legal definition of the term 'sexually dangerous' before hearing testimony from three psychologists. The first two, hired by the state, testified that they had evaluated the defendant and found that he met the definition. The third, hired by the defendant, testified that he did not. The jury then had to reach a decision based on that testimony.
From what I remember of the testimony, the evaluation for sexual dangerousness involved interviewing the defendant and giving scores in several categories such as "Is the offender able to empathize with his victims?" and several others I don't recall. The scores are added up and if they're over a certain number, the person is considered sexually dangerous. Each psychologist testified as to why they gave the score they did in each category, although there were obviously differences of opinion among them.
In this case, we decided that the defendant was sexually dangerous. In order to be released, he would have to be found not sexually dangerous by the resident psychologist at his treatment facility, or by a jury after petitioning for another hearing. Petitions can be filed once a year, but due to backlog in the courts it would likely be at least two until he actually gets another one. As far as I know, he is confined indefinitely until one of those two things happen.
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McCain's age increases the likelihood that, if elected, his VP would end up playing a more significant role than usual. Rather than choosing a running mate to solidify the republican base (who probably wouldn't vote for a democrat anyway), I'd think a better choice would be a moderate to appease the independent voters who might be scared off by the possibility of voting McCain but ending up with Huckabee for a year or two.
Do companies honestly believe people will see an ambiguous ad full of ethnically diverse people frolicking and hugging while enjoying sunsets and then rush to look up said product online just in case it applies to them?
Has anyone found a way to leave feedback with either Azureus/Zudeo or the correct BBC division over this deal? In addition to not buying their product, I'd love to let either company know that the DRM is the only thing preventing me from throwing money at them, which is true. I would have liked to do the same for the equally flawed Amazon Unbox service, but never found a way to. In addition to weak sales, hopefully enough anti-DRM feedback would help get the point across.