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Questioning Forensic Evidence

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That's the title of a column in National Law Journal written by UC-Davis Law prof Edward J. Imwinkelried.  It's subtitled, "A recently released NAS report raises a host of issues."The July 28, 2008, edition of this column highlighted a pending U.S. Supreme Court case, Melen­dez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, No. 07-591, which may have a major impact on the admissibility of expert testimony in federal court, especially in criminal cases. Of course, judicial decisions are not the only developments that can affect the future of expert testimony. In February of this year, the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science (NAS) released a long-awaited report, Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 05, 2009 (boomark / email).