Beyond "the Innocence Project"

So "SCIENCE" has helped a lot in criminal law, both in solving crimes and helping us get better understandings of the basis of crime.

In some ways it is a tribute to "SCIENCE" that some of us recognize that what passes for "SCIENCE" in the Criminal Justice System is DANGEROUS.

When I began my legal career in Oklahoma at the Oklahoma County D.A.'s Office in the late 80s--- they were heavily relying on "HAIR ANALYSIS" to solve capital murder cases.

Until that was upended in a big way in the McCarty Case by defense attorney David Autry --- who was not far out of law school at that time.

What it takes to do something like that --- is pretty HERCULEAN and the TIME, ENERGY and RESOURCES are hard to come by.

The ADVERSARY SYSTEM ITSELF ---- multiplies many times the amount of TIME, ENERGY and RESOURCES one needs to address some of these issues.

The Second Chance Center is an important part of the CONTINUUM OF CARE in Colorado and there is plenty of UNMET NEED to justify expanding it's capacity.

Further, we need that INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH that is going to pick up the stray case of Huntington's Disease or something else and provide for proper treatment and placement.

Rocky Mountain PBS
The Gang of 19 --- ADA Movement

The Innocence Project

Rocky Mountain PBS:  The Second Chance Center in Aurora.

One of the reasons why we sometimes convict INNOCENT PEOPLE --- is the SYSTEM is SO CROWDED with "GUILTY PEOPLE" ---- we're not allocating resources EFFECTIVELY or EFFICIENTLY.

Many of those "GUILTY PEOPLE" have the "ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER" Label from the DSM.

How that Label plays out in the Criminal Justice System is pretty WICKED.

One of the issues the Criminal Justice System has struggled with is "RECIDIVISM."

A significant number of people in the Criminal Justice System need LONG TERM CARE or SUPPORTS.

BUT Human Beings in general need Long Term Care and Support that changes across the LIFESPAN.

Many "GUILTY PEOPLE" within the Criminal Justice System are struggling with idiosyncratic combinations of:

• Brain Injury
• Neuro-Developmental Disorders
• Psychiatric Disorders, and
• Substance Use Issues
  

Mr. Universe: What Must We Do To Prove We Are Humans

Science Up

Hair Analysis, Psychological Analysis & the Moral & Ethical Imperative to Pull Back

Psychiatry & the Criminal Justice System: Simplicity on the Near Side of Complexity