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Scientific Evidence And Forensic Science Since Daubert: Maine Decides To Sit Out On The Dance, Thomas L. Bohan
Scientific Evidence And Forensic Science Since Daubert: Maine Decides To Sit Out On The Dance, Thomas L. Bohan
Maine Law Review
In 1993, the Supreme Court of the United States stated that with the federal adoption of statutory rules of evidence in 1975, the common law rule for determining admissibility of scientific testimony was superseded, and that thenceforth admissibility of scientific testimony was to be determined solely by Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (Rule 702). The Frye standard had been adopted in one form or another by most of the federal circuits and by many of the state courts during the 70 years preceding Daubert. Referred to as the “general acceptance” standard, the Frye standard--although adopted in a variety of forms--had …
Wrongful Convictions And Their Causes: An Annotated Bibliography, Clanitra Stewart Nejdl
Wrongful Convictions And Their Causes: An Annotated Bibliography, Clanitra Stewart Nejdl
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This Annotated Bibliography directs attorneys to relevant, select legal periodical articles written from 2010 to 2016 on wrongful convictions and their causes. The authors focus on five major causes that lead to wrongful convictions, as evidenced by the literature. Part I of the Annotated Bibliography focuses on resources that discuss false confessions as a cause of wrongful convictions. Part II discusses resources that address the role of police and prosecutorial practices, including misconduct, in wrongful convictions. Part III provides articles on eyewitness and jailhouse informant issues related to wrongful convictions. Part IV contains articles that deal with how forensic evidence …
Virginia’S Interpretation Of Ake V. Oklahoma: A Hollow Right, Andrew Monaghan Higgins
Virginia’S Interpretation Of Ake V. Oklahoma: A Hollow Right, Andrew Monaghan Higgins
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Bias, Subjectivity, And Wrongful Conviction, Katherine Judson
Bias, Subjectivity, And Wrongful Conviction, Katherine Judson
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
A talk about bias, subjectivity and wrongful convictions.
Evidence Of Child Abuse: Inferring The Causes Of Effects, Stephen E. Fienberg
Evidence Of Child Abuse: Inferring The Causes Of Effects, Stephen E. Fienberg
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
A statistician's take on evidence of child abuse.
Changing The Culture Of Disclosure And Forensics, Valena Beety
Changing The Culture Of Disclosure And Forensics, Valena Beety
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
This Essay responds to Professor Brandon Garrett’s Constitutional Regulation of Forensic Evidence, and, in particular, his identification of the dire need to change the culture of disclosing forensic evidence. My work on forensics is—similarly to Garrett’s—rooted in both scholarship and litigation of wrongful convictions. From this perspective, I question whether prosecutors fully disclose forensics findings and whether defense attorneys understand these findings and their impact on a client’s case. To clarify forensic findings for the entire courtroom, this Essay suggests increased pre-trial discovery and disclosure of forensic evidence and forensic experts. Forensic analysts largely work in police-governed labs; therefore, …
Wrongful Convictions And Their Causes: An Annotated Bibliography, Clanitra Stewart Nejdl
Wrongful Convictions And Their Causes: An Annotated Bibliography, Clanitra Stewart Nejdl
College of Law Faculty Publications
This Annotated Bibliography directs attorneys to relevant, select legal periodical articles written from 2010 to 2016 on wrongful convictions and their causes. The authors focus on five major causes that lead to wrongful convictions, as evidenced by the literature. Part I of the Annotated Bibliography focuses on resources that discuss false confessions as a cause of wrongful convictions. Part II discusses resources that address the role of police and prosecutorial practices, including misconduct, in wrongful convictions. Part III provides articles on eyewitness and jailhouse informant issues related to wrongful convictions. Part IV contains articles that deal with how forensic evidence …
The Crime Lab In The Age Of The Genetic Panopticon, Brandon L. Garrett
The Crime Lab In The Age Of The Genetic Panopticon, Brandon L. Garrett
Michigan Law Review
Review of Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice by Adam Benforado, Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA by Erin E. Murphy, and Cops in Lab Coats: Curbing Wrongful Convictions Through Independent Forensic Laboratories by Sandra Guerra Thompson.