Of incarceration and come up with different models of trying to deal with punishment once we understand people have wrong selections. I think those are all interesting questions, but is there free will . Well, the fact that almost everybody in the audience raised either their right or left hand contemplated it and were quickly able to act and respond. That to me says, yes, there is. Now what do we want to do about it . Now that we understand that those of us in the audience or up here that like chocolate cake may not have control over it, how do we want to account for that if at all in the criminal Justice System . To date, we havent. In the future, we may wish to. I agree with that. I think that, first of all, the fact that everybody in the audience could control themselves raising their hands gives me some comfort as i walk out the door, but one of the problems with the disconnect that i was alluding to earlier between how science deals with this question and how lawyers deal with th
Act on sexual impulses dont. Though we may not know in any particular case whether a person is an automoton, usually you can. The law has a bright line. It says if you engage in a wongful action, there is a defense called the insanity defense which never works as most of us know because we dont recognize it. Should we recognize it, thats an interesting question. Should we have a more robust concept of diminished responsibility in light of the understanding that some people have less control over their preferences and desires or should we have better sentencing schemes or get rid of incarceration and come up with different models of trying to deal with punishment once we understand people have wrong selections. I think those are all interesting questions, but is there free will . Well, the fact that almost everybody in the audience raised either their right or left hand contemplated it and were quickly able to act and respond. That to me says, yes, there is. Now what do we want to do ab
Audience could control themselves raising their hands gives me some comfort as i walk out the door, but one of the problems with the disconnect that i was alluding to earlier between how science deals with this question and how lawyers deal with this question is that you actually get a fundamental disconnect between the two systems. So you mentioned that lack of emotional control or lack of ability to control your preferences might lead to insanity, but, in fact, in most jurisdictions as you know, thats not true. After hanky was acquitted under the American Law Institute test because he could not control his behavior, congress in most state jurisdictions changed the law, got rid of the lack of emotional test, the a. L. I. Test and now in most jurisdictions, the nontest requires that you demonstrate that you cant distinguish right from wrong. So now we have, and again, the law uses science for the laws own purposes, but what is problematic here is the disconnect. From the criminal side,
To begin with . Right now, a new ruling hits the Washington Redskins where it hurts in the wallet. Will this be enough to finally convince the team to change its name . Hello, im whole reporting from washington. We start with new details on a possible american response in iraq, as the pentagon is now reviewing a list of potential isis targets in iraq. Lets bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. Does this mean the u. S. Is closer to deciding on air strikes in iraq . By all accounts, wolf, the president has not made a decision. Officials across the administration telling tim sciutto, our White House Team and here at the pentagon no decision has been made about air strikes. Heres what we do know at this hour. A draft list of targets has been drawn up. It is being reviewed at the highest levels of the u. S. Military. Very important to say draft list of targets. It will be reviewed. It will be analyzed. It will be tweaked. It willing changed. All of this depends on the president
Stewart killed another driver in a race in new york. The shaken up stewart pulled out of todays race. The 20yearold victim walked out onto the track after the cras crash. Senators are weighing in on the president s decision to approve limited air strikes by isis as unmanned drones pound targets in iraq. Doug is joining us now with more. Hi, shannon. There was a fourth round of air strikes conducted by us f18s today. They targeted isis controlled vehicles. Asked if the air strikes might last months or perhaps years, the president told reports he didnt believe theyre going to solve the story in weeks. Three years ago he pulled the u. S. Troops out of iraq and said the country was sovereign, stable and reliant. Now to save the the fleeing christians, kurds and religious minorities from the slaughter of isis terrorists, the president s strategy is again coming under intense criticism. Its clearly, clearly very ineffective to say the least. Thats very simply a narrow and focused approach to