Forensic science evidence
Subtitle: can the law keep up with science?
By: Donald E. Shelton
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC
Published: 2012
Place of publication: El Paso, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781593325176
Subjects: Expert Evidence; Criminal Evidence; Forensic sciences
Description: "Describes the startling questions that have arisen about the reliability of many forms of scientific evidence which were traditionally regarded as reliable and have been routinely admitted to prove guilt. The exonerations resulting from the development of DNA have exposed the lack of trustworthiness of much of the 'scientific' evidence that was used to convict people who turned out to be innocent. The Congressionally commissioned report of the National Academy of Sciences documented the lack of scientific basis in many of these areas. Nevertheless, Shelton discloses that many courts continue to routinely admit such evidence in criminal cases, in spite of the obligation of judges to be the 'gatekeepers' of forensic science evidence. He explores reasons for that phenomenon and describes whether and how it might change in the future"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.