Statistics and The Law

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2010/oct/20/1 Useful article on statistics and the law
http://www.rss.org.uk/site/cms/contentviewarticle.asp?article=1132 RSS ‘Practitioner Guides’ on the use of statistics and probabilistic reasoning in court.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Collins Useful account of the famous 1968 trial illustrating the ‘prosecutor’s fallacy’.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor's_fallacy Requires some editing to be suitable for undergraduate use, but useful round up of issues involved, underlying statistics and relevant cases, including People v Collins, O J Simpson and Sally Clark.
www.sallyclark.org.uk/RSS.html
http://plus.maths.org/content/beyond-reasonable-doubt
http://www.statisticalconsultants.co.nz/weeklyfeatures/WF18.html Sites with material on the Sally Clark case.