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M. Chris Fabricant
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Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
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published
2022
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9 editions
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Busted!: Drug War Survival Skills
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published
2005
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10 editions
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“Scientifically illiterate case law like this obviates the need for rigorous research in forensics. Few traditional forensic techniques have useful applications outside of the justice system and, as a result, once courts allow a technique to be used, there is no real incentive to conduct research—or even test the abilities of putative experts. Why conduct research on a technique that has already been accepted in court, the only place it matters?”
― Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
― Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
“Essentially, the Marx opinion created an “eyeball test” for in-court evaluation of forensic evidence, shifting the responsibility of exposing flawed expert testimony to defense attorneys—through the “crucible” of cross-examination—and relying on lay jurors to separate science from nonsense.”
― Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
― Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
“a five-part test to apply before “scientific” evidence can be admitted: 1) the evidence must have a hypothesis that has been (and is capable of) being tested—ipse dixit was out, in other words; 2) there must be peer-reviewed literature demonstrating the technique has been “subject to the scrutiny of the scientific community”; 3) there must be an error rate; 4) practitioners must abide by controlling standards; and 5) in a nod to Frye, acceptance in the scientific community is considered, but no longer controls.”
― Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
― Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
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