RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Commentary: Expert Testimony as a Potential Asset in Defense of Capital Sentencing Cases JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law SP 519 OP 522 VO 33 IS 4 A1 Judith G. Edersheim A1 James C. Beck YR 2005 UL http://jaapl.org/content/33/4/519.abstract AB Montgomery et al. have documented the extent to which jurors apparently do and do not rely on expert testimony regarding dangerousness and mental illness. This article reviews some of the methodological issues raised by their findings and argues that their results have potential value for appellate defense counsel in appealing death sentences in which trial counsel failed to introduce expert testimony on mental illness.