There's an interesting opinion piece by JoAnn Wypijewski in _The Nation_ Feb 25th on the Paul Shanley case, the infamous street priest convicted of child sexual abuse.
Ho-hum. But Ms. W. gives it an interesting twist. He was convicted on the basis of repressed memory evidence, which research in psychology finds to be dangerous pseudoscientific nonsense. But it was not challenged during his trial. Shanley was allegedly neither a nice man nor a good priest. But Ms. W. thinks he could well be innocent, convicted by bad science. It now goes to the Supremes (in Massachusetts) where the science issue will at last be aired. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090316/wypijewski Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
