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Finally some sense inter­jected into the crim­i­nal jus­tice sys­tem, as it relates to expert wit­ness testimony.

Fifth Circuit holds that “absent novel chal­lenges, fin­ger­print evi­dence is suf­fi­ciently reli­able to sat­isfy Rule 702 and Daubert,” and a Daubert hear­ing is not nec­es­sar­ily required, in United States v. John, _ F.3d. _ (5^th Cir. Feb. 9, 2010) (No.

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