North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services
// by Kate Shurtleff
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.
United States v. Adams, 444 F. Supp.3d 1248 (D. Or. 2020).Read More
// by Kate Shurtleff
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 …
// by Sarah Olson
2021 PNAS article by Thomas D. Albright
The US Department of Justice stumbles on visual perceptionRead More
// by Kate Shurtleff
Presenter: Hal Stern. Offered by CSAFE, on June 14, 2021. Recording and materials are available.
Statistical Methods for Bloodstain Pattern AnalysisRead More
// by Kate Shurtleff
Presenter: Keith Morris. Offered by CSAFE, on June 14, 2021. Recording and materials are available.
// by Kate Shurtleff
Presenter: Maria Cuellar. Offered by CSAFE, on June 14, 2021. Recording and materials are available.
Evaluating Foundational Validity of Toolmark AnalysisRead More
// by Kate Shurtleff
Presenter: Brett Gardner. Offered by CSAFE, on June 14, 2021. Recording and materials are available.
A Field Analysis of Laboratory Case Processing: Print Comparison and Examiner ConclusionsRead More
// by Kate Shurtleff
Presenter: Heike Hofmann. Offered by CSAFE, on June 14, 2021. Recording and materials are available.
Treatment of Inconclusive Results in Error Rates of Firearms StudiesRead More
// by Kate Shurtleff
Presenter: Simon Cole. Offered by CSAFE, on June 14, 2021. Recording and materials are available.
// by Kate Shurtleff
Presenter: Brandon Garrett. Offered by CSAFE, on June 14, 2021. Recording and materials are available.
Judges and Forensic Science Education: A National SurveyRead More
// by Sarah Olson
Presenter: Robin Mejia. Offered by CSAFE, on June 14, 2021. Recording and materials are available.
// by Sarah Olson
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a report, DNA Mixture Interpretation: A Scientific Foundation Review, which reviews the methods forensic laboratories use to interpret evidence containing a mixture of DNA from two or more people.
NIST Publishes Review of DNA Mixture Interpretation MethodsRead More
// by Sarah Olson
// by Sarah Olson
R. Austin Hicklin, Kevin R. Winer, Paul E. Kish, Connie L. Parks, William Chapman, Kensley Dunagan, Nicole Richetelli, Eric G. Epstein, Madeline A. Ausdemore, Thomas A. Busey,. Forensic Science International, 2021. Highlights: Conclusions by bloodstain pattern analysts were often erroneous and often contradicted other analysts On samples with known causes, 11.2% of responses were erroneous …
Accuracy and Reproducibility of Conclusions by Forensic Bloodstain Pattern AnalystsRead More
// by Sarah Olson
A report of the Law Commission of Ontario which considers the role and impact of AI-driven probabilistic genotyping technology to generate evidence used in the criminal justice system. The report makes a number of recommendations based on concerns that PG DNA evidence may lead to wrongful convictions if not properly regulated.
AI Case Study: Probabilistic Genotyping DNA Tools in Canadian Criminal CourtsRead More