People often trust eyewitnesses in criminal trials. Say you've been accused of assault and you claim that you weren't even there. The prosecution produces a witness who claims that they saw you at the scene and that you were the one who committed the assault. In a...
Month: April 2022
Expert witnesses can help debunk junk science used in court
If you were to take your information from movies and prime time television, you would probably assume that cutting-edge forensic science solves every major criminal case. In reality, forensic science is not nearly as dramatic or reliable as the media would make it...