Page 3 MR. JONES: Good morning, Professor Winick. My name is Rick Jones from New York and I’m one of the members of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Problem-Solving Court Task Force. We are delighted to have you here this morning. We are happy to be here in Miami and we are very pleased... »
Autism Defenses, Rare But Gaining Notoriety
By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, April 18, 2009 WEST PALM BEACH – Milagro Cunningham’s lawyer described him as autistic and argued before a jury last week that he was insane at the time he beat and raped an 8-year-old girl, then left her to die buried under concrete blocks in a Lake Worth... »
Killer who tore out own eyes fuels Texas debate on insanity defense
10:53 AM CDT on Saturday, April 11, 2009 By DIANE JENNINGS / The Dallas Morning News djennings@dallasnews.com Everyone agrees Andre Thomas is crazy. In 2004, he cut out the hearts of his wife and her two children and pocketed them. Before his murder trial, he plucked out his right eye. In January, while on death row,... »
Guest Speaker at Nova Southeastern Law Review’s Banquet
Professor Winick is an invited speaker to Nova Southeastern Law Review’s annual banquet in Ft. Lauderdale this Saturday, March 28, 2009. »
Professor Winick Outlined in Equipoise Newsletter
What follows is an article written about Prof. Winick that appeared in the first issue of the AALS section on Balance in Legal education’s November, 2008 newsletter: A Few Fun Facts About Chair Elect, Bruce Winick At the end of the year, our fearless leader Mike Schwartz finishes up his term as Chair of the Balance... »
Rejecting long appeal in Stuart murder case, judges call for page limits
Long petitions too diverting, panel argues By Dianna Cahn South Florida Sun-Sentinel March 23, 2009 The evidence that led to a guilty verdict in Alan Hedrick’s murder trial was so “overwhelming” that an appeals court declared his 130 pages of arguments claiming an unfair trial to be not only without merit but “unfounded,” and “abusive” of the process. In... »
Florida Coastal Law Review Therapeutic Jurisprudence Symposium
On February 27th Prof. Winick will be an honored speaker, along with Prof. David B. Wexler as the founders of the school of social enquiry called therapeutic jurisprudence, at the Florida Coastal Law Review Therapeutic Jurisprudence Symposium. He will be speaking on the topic of public health law as it relates to the... »
Therapeutic Jurisprudence in New York
At the annual meeting of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health, from June 28-July 5, 2009 there will be five days of therapeutic jurisprudence sessions featuring almost 90 therapeutic jurisprudence speakers from a dozen countries. The program will be held in New York City at the NYU School of Law. At the... »
