From: NPR
July 1, 2010 Using a gun and a
machete, Bradley Waldrop killed his wife's friend and then wounded his
wife. In the Tennessee courtroom, the question was not who did it but
why. Enter neuroscience — specifically, a forensic psychiatrist's
testimony that Waldroup had a variation of a gene that inclined him
toward violence.
Inside The Criminal Brain
A Neuroscientist Uncovers A Dark Secret(243)
June 29, 2010 For nearly 20
years, neuroscientist Jim Fallon has studied the brains of psychopaths.
After learning that his ancestry included alleged murderers, he decided
to study his own brain. He was shocked at what he discovered.
Inside A Psychopath's Brain: The Sentencing Debate(164)
June 30, 2010 Brian Dugan
pleaded guilty last year to raping and murdering 10-year-old Jeanine
Nicarico in 1983, and he was put on trial to determine whether he should
be executed. Neuroscientist Kent Kiehl testified that Dugan could not
help his neurological makeup.
Can Your Genes Make You Murder?(187)
July 1, 2010 Using a gun and a
machete, Bradley Waldrop killed his wife's friend and then wounded his
wife. In the Tennessee courtroom, the question was not who did it but
why. Enter neuroscience — specifically, a forensic psychiatrist's
testimony that Waldroup had a variation of a gene that inclined him
toward violence.
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