forensic testimony

n. any testimony of expert scientific, engineering, economic or other specialized nature used to assist the court and the lawyers in a lawsuit or prosecution. (See: forensic, forensic medicine)

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EXPERT forensic testimony is still pending in the case of 10 defendants accused of attempting to smuggle drugs worth more than BD1.6 million into Bahrain.

Testimony in smuggling case pending

The study also found systemic issues with the legal treatment of invalid forensic testimony:

CABINING JUDICIAL DISCRETION OVER FORENSIC EVIDENCE WITH A NEW SPECIAL RELEVANCE RULE

Reviewing 27 Death Penalty Convictions for FBI Forensic Testimony Errors, Wash.

FORENSIC SCIENCE: DAUBERT'S FAILURE

(6) However, as forensic testimony has gained value, the presence of wrongful convictions has shaken its reputation--in particular, whether the forensic evidence should be relied upon as before.

FORENSIC EVIDENCE IN WRONGFUL CONVICTION CASES: FROM BEING A RIGHT-HAND MAN TO BECOMING A SNAKE IN THE GRASS

(109) Due to the Court's divided opinion, Confrontation Clause analysis regarding forensic testimony is remarkably different among states.

Williams plurality relies on inherently unreliable forensic evidence: confrontation clause analyses across the nation in disarray

But, as McDermid's final chapter about expert forensic testimony in the courtroom points out, our adversarial justice system is sometimes more about winning than arriving at the truth.

Forensics

Earlier, during graphic forensic testimony from a defence pathologist, Pistorius sat in the dock, retching into a bucket.

Pistorius testifies in court for first time

Earlier on Monday, when he heard the graphic forensic testimony, Pistorios wept and threw up in court.

Oscar Pistorius Takes Stand in Court, Says he is Tormented by Nightmares, Cannot Sleep, Has Lost Weight

As Judge Gouge pointed out in The Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology" in Canada, October 2008, Charles Smith's forensic testimony for the prosecution was responsible for many false accusations of murder and many false guilty convictions and imprisonments.

Letter to the editor

ineffective" in policing forensic testimony. I indicate that this

"Utterly ineffective": do courts have a role in improving the quality of forensic expert testimony?

Here is what he wrote, "All I'm saying is that when IP [the Innocence Project] insist faulty forensic testimony is responsible, it's not helpful to scream NOT TRUE.

Forensic science needs a lot less finger-pointing and a lot more solutions

By restricting the third-party information introduced through forensic testimony to information that relays the general nature and sources of information, but not the third parties' specific statements, courts can allow valuable expert testimony while limiting Confrontation Clause concerns.

"And his roommate told me ...": should forensic mental health evaluators be barred from recounting third-party statements when explaining the basis of their opinions?