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53 St. Mary's L.J. 1055 (2021-2022)
Determinism v. Free Will & Genetic Evidence of Addiction in Plea Bargaining and Sentence Mitigation: Conversion of Incarceration to Probation and Rehabilitation Based on Genetic Addiction Risk Severity (GARS) Test

handle is hein.journals/stmlj53 and id is 1052 raw text is: Blum et al.: Determinism v. Free Will & Genetic Evidence of Addiction in Plea Bargaining and Sentence Mitigation

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DETERMINISM V. FREE WILL &
GENETIC EVIDENCE OF ADDICTION
IN PLEA BARGAINING AND SENTENCE
MITIGATION: CONVERSION OF
INCARCERATION TO PROBATION AND
REHABILITATION BASED ON GENETIC
ADDICTION RISK SEVERITY (GARS) TEST
KENNETH BLUM, PAUL M. MULLEN, & RICHARD
GREEN*
I. Introduction .........................................................................................1058
A. Nature vs. Nurture: Excuse or Explanation............................1059
B. The Gene Violence Debate in Modern Times........................1066
C. Genetic Imbalance Theory of Crime Causation .....................1070
D. Alcoholism and Addiction: Can Genetics Be Used as a
Defense?........................................................................................1072
II.  M ethods  and  M aterials .......................................................................1076
A. The Case........................................................................................1076
B. Sample Collection and Processing ............................................1076
Kenneth Blum, Division of Addiction Research & Education, Center for Exercise, Sports &
Mental Health, Western University of the Health Sciences, Pomona CA, USA; Department of
Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel. Paul Mullen, The
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK (LL.M., 2020); The University of Maine School of Law,
Portland, ME (JD, 2019). Richard Green, Precision Translational Medicine, LLC., San Antonio, TX,
USA. The authors also thank David Baron, Raymond Brewer, John B. Floyd, Thomas Simpatico,
David Smith, and A. Kenison Roy III for their invaluable contributions to the research and writing of
this article.
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