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Excluding sexual behaviour evidence: back to first principles (2024)
Journal Article
Thomason, M. (2024). Excluding sexual behaviour evidence: back to first principles. Criminal Law Review, 692-719

Relevant sexual behaviour (SB) evidence should be admissible unless there are good reasons to exclude it. Starting from first principles, this article provides an in-depth analysis of reasons which might justify a rule of exclusion for relevant SB ev... Read More about Excluding sexual behaviour evidence: back to first principles.

Bargaining the Rules of Evidence (2024)
Book Chapter
Thomason, M. (2024). Bargaining the Rules of Evidence. In M. Langer, M. McConville, & L. Marsh (Eds.), Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining & Criminal Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing

Plea bargains depend in large part on the available evidence against the defendant. Strictly speaking, these negotiations should be based only on evidence that is likely to be admissible at trial. Bargains therefore implicitly depend on the structure... Read More about Bargaining the Rules of Evidence.