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Media coverage
Exploring links between genes, violence, environment
Chicago Tribune - Feb. 25, 2010

Reduced sentence for murderer with 'genetic predisposition' to aggression
BioNews - Nov. 8, 2009

Murderer with 'aggression genes' gets sentence cut
New Scientist - Nov. 4, 2009

The Get Out of Jail Free Gene
Times Online - Nov. 17, 2009

Lighter sentence for murderer with 'bad genes'
Nature - Oct. 30, 2009

How Brain Science May Change the Way We Live
Oprah Magazine - Novemer 2008

Critics say police cross the line with GPS
Tennessean - Sept. 1, 2008

He's a Man, as Charged
Washington Post - May 6, 2008

New DNA testing bring free will into play
United Press International - April 20, 2008

DNA Tests Offer Deeper Examination Of Accused
Washington Post - April 20, 2008

The Government Is Trying to Wrap Its Mind Around Yours

Washington Post - April 13, 2008

Big Brother meets neuroscience
abc.net.au - April 14, 2008

Veteran prosecutor takes on worst juvenile offenders
Tennessean - Jan. 2, 2008

Judge Suspends Execution of Reid
Tennessean - Dec. 27, 2007

Can Evidence Finally Bring Justice?
Tennessean - Dec. 10, 2007

Tennessee May Delay 3 Executions
Tennessean - Sept. 26, 2007

Winkler Defense Relies on Empathy
Tennessean - April 19, 2007

Both Sides Prove Points In Preacher's Wife's Murder Trial
Rome News-Tribune - April 16, 2007

Tennessee execution shows limit on DNA defense
Oak Ridger - NewsBank - July 3, 2006

Death-row DNA appeals can depend on timing
Knoxville News Sentinel - July 3, 2006


Nita Farahany is associate professor of law and associate professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on the intersection of criminal law, behavioral genetics, neuroscience and philosophy.