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A government report questioning the validity of many kinds of forensic evidence rattled the judiciary when it was released in September. The report called into question several forensic practices, such a...

Cataclysm or bump in the road? What the PCAST report means for the future of forensic evidence

A government report questioning the validity of many kinds of forensic evidence rattled the judiciary when it was released in September. The report called into question several forensic practices, such a...

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On September 20, 2016, The Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued its report entitled Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison ...

On the Admissibility of Expert Evidence a Crime Lab Director’s Point of View.

On September 20, 2016, The Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued its report entitled Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison ...

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“Masking” is a phenomenon by which truck drivers charged with offenses that could cost them their license avoid that fate via a plea bargain. Typical maneuvers include getting a prosecutor and judge to a...

Traffic court judges, are you guilty of ‘masking’?

“Masking” is a phenomenon by which truck drivers charged with offenses that could cost them their license avoid that fate via a plea bargain. Typical maneuvers include getting a prosecutor and judge to a...

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