All Articles tagged Forensic Evidence

• Justice Commentaries
  September 27, 2020 EDT
  THE BITE MARK DENTISTS AND THE COUNTERATTACK ON FORENSIC SCIENCE REFORM
  Marvin ZalmanJames Windell

  The resistance to scientific challenge by the forensic odontologists in their editorial, Epidermis and Enamel, reflects the rear guard defensiveness displayed by other forensic analysts and unprogressive prosecutors.

• Justice Commentaries
  May 28, 2019 EDT
  CONFRONTING THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY MARIAN EXAMINATION
  Lauren McLane

  The Supreme Court should implement Justice Thomas’s “formality and solemnity” approach the next time the Court interprets the Confrontation Clause in the context of multi-analyst forensic disciplines.

• Justice Commentaries
  July 17, 2018 EDT
  FORENSIC EVIDENCE INWRONGFUL CONVICTIONCASES: FROM BEING A RIGHT-HAND MAN TO BECOMING A SNAKE IN THE GRASS
  Irina Zakirova

  This article examines the admissibility and reliability of forensic science in the courtroom.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  August 08, 2010 EDT
  PROTECTING THE INNOCENT IN NEW YORK: MOVING BEYOND CHANGING ONLY THEIR NAMES
  James R. AckerCatherine L. Bonventre

  This article focuses on the findings and recommendations of the Final Report of the New York State Bar Association‘s Task Force on Wrongful Convictions.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  August 08, 2010 EDT
  VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES: THE STRUGGLE TO FREE WILLIAM RICHARDS
  Jan Stiglitz

  This article follows the efforts to overturn the conviction of William Richards for murdering his wife, Pamela Richards.