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Webinar – Litigating ShotSpotter Evidence: The Science and the Law
Free Webinar offered by NACDL. Presenter: Brendan Max
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ATF’s Mobile National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) Unit Being Used by Piedmont/Triad Law Enforcement Agencies to Help Link Crimes and Offenders
Cognitive biases in the peer review of bullet and cartridge case comparison casework: A field study
Research study on bullet and cartridge case comparison finding the odds of disagreement between examiners about the evidential strength of a comparison were approximately five times larger in the blind than in the non-blind procedure, with disagreement about 42.3% and 12.5% of the proposed conclusions, respectively. Also, the odds that their proposed conclusion was reported …
Report probing DC crime lab’s missteps coming soon — and it will be public, official says
Vice Hit With $300M Suit From Controversial Surveillance Company
Ballistics experts in case against Luke Air Force Base airman disagree
Forensic Evidence and Current Concerns in the Criminal Justice System
Virtual program offered by John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Reg. $150
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DC abruptly disbands crime lab’s firearms unit
How AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence
Police Are Telling ShotSpotter to Alter Evidence From Gunshot-Detecting AI
United States v. Adams, 444 F. Supp.3d 1248 (D. Or. 2020).
After applying Daubert, the court concluded that the expert testimony in the case should be limited because the conclusions were not supported by a quantifiable or replicable scientific process.
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People v. Ross, 68 Misc. 3d 899 (2020).
Decision on a Frye Motion requesting that the court preclude all ballistic expert testimony comparing shell casings from the crime scene to a gun found in one of the defendants’ car. The court concluded that an expert cannot offer opinions that are not supported by the relevant scientific community. Testimony by an expert that is …
Judge Limits Evidence from Prosecutor Witness Based on Junk Science
Subclass Characterization and Analysis of Firearms
Presenter: Keith Morris. Offered by CSAFE, on June 14, 2021. Recording and materials are available.