tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31867318.post6371614552499249916..comments2024-03-27T04:18:35.950-06:00Comments on Corrections Sentencing: Depravity, Objectivity, and The Death PenaltyMichael Connellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03292758786206928065noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31867318.post-91780317553122157742008-09-16T01:11:00.000-06:002008-09-16T01:11:00.000-06:00Its a very nice to hear about Dr. Michael Weiner. ...Its a very nice to hear about Dr. Michael Weiner. The story is really facinating.<BR/>===========================<BR/>desmondgale<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.legalx.net" REL="nofollow">California DUI</A>desmondgalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652507244148217428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31867318.post-54002895405596107802007-04-05T13:20:00.000-06:002007-04-05T13:20:00.000-06:00Ben,Adam Liptak’s column, which commented on the D...Ben,<BR/><BR/>Adam Liptak’s column, which commented on the Depravity Scale research which I have coordinated, incorrectly depicts key elements of the research and fails to advise of the Depravity Scale’s greatest significance. <BR/><BR/>The Depravity Scale research is in fact the first and only effort that has been undertaken to standardize legal and clinical distinctions of evil crimes. The research is the first forensic science research to incorporate psychiatric standards, judicial case decision review, and large scale input from the general public (not only surveys). This effort is also the first research effort to ever involve the general public to derive more objective sentencing standards. <BR/><BR/>In a democracy that all too often bemoans unfairness in injustice, the Depravity Scale’s goal of distinguishing the worst of crimes, must in my opinion incorporate each of these elements. In a forensic realm that utilizes the scientific method to crystallize otherwise ambiguous concepts, defining evil crimes must utilize current diagnostic understandings, the clinical experience of evil from a range of forensic sciences beyond psychiatry, and attempts to define evil by law. The Depravity Scale research has, by the complexity of this approach, established the unfathomable – that consensus of what defines an evil crime can be achieved. From the standpoint of scientific search for answers, this progress validates that our landmark research will contribute greatly to the evolution of justice. <BR/><BR/>With no advertising, the Depravity Scale Phase B and Phase C have garnered 17,000 and 5,000 responses to date, respectively – from twenty five countries. Such self-directed participation demonstrates that many personally find the exercise of public input into shaping this Depravity Standard necessary and meaningful. The research has drawn from the input of advisory board members from sixteen disciplines spanning the law and forensic sciences. It includes those supporting and opposing the death penalty who appreciate fairness as a goal we should all aspire to. www.depravityscale.org aims to set an example for justice research to involve the general public because it is the very public affected by laws and the science that shapes them.<BR/><BR/>As a practitioner who witnesses recurring sentencing that does not accurately reflect the seriousness of a crime or lack thereof, I strongly encourage those who see representative laws and democracy as applicable to numerous aspects of controversy to participate in this groundbreaking research and to witness their input making a difference in clinical and legal settings.Michael Welner, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349995198895978099noreply@blogger.com