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...Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling, neuroscientists at Newcastle University conducted a color-selection experiment with 208 volunteers between the ages of 20 and 26. Participants were asked to move a mouse cursor as quickly as possible to their preferred color from a series of paired, colored rectangles, controlled for hue, saturation and lightness. Each person completed three separate tests, then was retested two weeks later...
From the beginning, Eagle County, Colo., district attorney Mark Hurlbert insisted that the sexual-assault charge he filed against Kobe Bryant had nothing to do with the celebrity of the Los Angeles Lakers' star. But from the beginning, legal experts wondered whether a Rocky Mountain lawman would have filed such a case had the defendant been anything other than Hollywood-famous...
...Hurlbert, visibly distressed on hearing news of the agreement, had no choice but to ask for a dismissal. Says sheriff Joe Hoy, who arrested Bryant: "Were we happy about it? No. But again, we had to look at the bigger picture. And it was their choice. Much as we'd have liked to have gone forward, this was the right thing to do at this time...
Month by month, though, Hurlbert's case collected dents from a series of court foul-ups and from Bryant's big-league defense team, which seemed to overwhelm the locals. The crushing blow may have come on July 23, when Fifth Judicial District Court Judge Terry Ruckriegle ruled that Bryant's lawyers could ask the alleged victim about her sex life during a 72-hour window surrounding the incident. Getting her to admit to having had sex with another man before her encounter with Bryant would allow the defense to cast doubt on physical evidence that Bryant had forced himself...
That may well be true. But by the practical standards of the criminal-justice system, in which prosecutors have to measure out their resources and pursue cases they have at least some expectation of winning, this one seemed a loser from the moment Hoy collared Bryant without Hurlbert's knowledge. Although Hurlbert filed charges two weeks later, experts say he needlessly rushed the investigation. In a preliminary hearing, Judge Frederick Gannett forewarned Hurlbert about the merits: he allowed the case to go forward but noted that the evidence barely met the legal standard...