Another Attempt By the State to Shield Forensics From Cross-Examination

Another case to be heard by the US Supreme Court where the State doesn’t want their foren­sic sci­ence evi­dence ques­tioned by the defense.

ON Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argu­ments in Williams v. Illinois, the lat­est in a string of cases address­ing whether the Sixth Amendment’s con­fronta­tion clause — which gives the accused in a

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MELENDEZ-DIAZ v. MASSACHUSETTS

The recent Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) deci­sion in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts has sent a shock­wave through the foren­sic sci­ence com­mu­nity in the United States.

In a com­mu­nity com­ment forum for foren­sic sci­en­tists, there was a com­ment from an ana­lyst from another coun­try, that stated they didn’t see what the big deal was with the

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