by Roger Koppl
Friday I spoke at a conference on Forensic Science in the 21st Century: The National Academy of Sciences Report and Beyond. The report was a humdinger. It says, “The bottom line is simple: In a number of forensic science disciplines, forensic science professionals have yet to establish either the validity of their approachor the accuracy of their conclusions, and the courts have been utterly ineffective in addressing this problem.” That’s strong stuff. The report did a good job at identifying the unscientific nature of much of forensic science. The report neglected problems that can arise in nuclear DNA analysis, but it is still impressively hard hitting. Continue reading
