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Wrongful convictions and claims of false or misleading forensic evidence

The results are reported of a study to examine case factors associated with 732 wrongful convictions classified by the National Registry of Exonerations as being associated with "False or Misleading Forensic Evidence." A forensic error typology has been developed to pro...

Review of United States laws pertaining to the recovery and analysis of human skeletal...

Human skeletal remains (HSR) are routinely excavated from archeological contexts and analyzed by experts in human osteology. Contrarily, HSR in medicolegal contexts are usually recovered by law enforcement officers and examined by pathologists with limited osteological training. ...

The Need for Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Evaluations in Forensic...

An Evaluation of Expert Testimony on Secondary Transfer: Knowledge and Perceptions of...

The Implementation of Rapid DNA: Prevent Tomorrow’s Victim

Bayes’ Theorem, Forensic Science, and the Law: Long-Lost Relatives or Feuding Family?

Examining the Foundational Validity of Firearm and Toolmark Identification and the...

Putting Words in the Mouth of the Expert: Using Rules of Evidence to Script Expert...

Lessons Learned From the Creation and Operation of Conviction Integrity Units (CIUs) in...

Cheiloscopy: Lip Print Prevarications

When Bad Science Leads to Incorrect Guilty Sentences: Reconsidering the Lorandi-Bugna Case

Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases Before the United States Courts of Appeal: A Follow-Up...

Is Epigenetics Ready for Prime Time? The Potential of Using DNA Methylation Patterns to...

Terrestrial Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) Scanning (TLS), Admissibility of 3D “Point...

Forensic Laboratories: Time to Lawyer Up

Don't Shoot the Messenger: Firearm and Toolmark Evidence Is Still Reliable

Protecting the Innocent: When and Under What Circumstances Should Source-Level DNA...

Expert Witness Testimony and Adaptive Speech Devices: Feasible Reality or Impractical...

Science, Technology, and Jurors: An Update

Transparency to the Defense Is Essential to Truly Pursue “Justice Through Truth In...