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In the Federal Rules of Evidence, the predominant rule on expert testimony is Rule 702. On December 1, 2023, the rule was amended after six years of work by the […]
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by Rachel Harmon, Tracey L. Meares, Maria Ponomarenko, Christopher Slobogin, David F. Levi, Brandon Garrett and Barry Friedman
Vol. 108 No. 2 (2024) | Judges Under Siege?Police reform has long been a topic of heated debate in the United States. But it assumed new urgency and political significance during the past decade, as national news has […]
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A scholar considers how judges have contributed to historically high incarceration rates â and how they can help reverse the trend. While the American criminal justice system was once known […]
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Imagine that you (a former civil trial judge) and your colleague (a former tax court judge) are on an appellate panel assigned to adjudicate two appeals. One is an appeal […]
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by Brandon Garrett, Nicholas Scurich, Eric Tucker and Hannah Bloom
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsForensic firearms identification involves linking evidence collected from crime scenes â namely, fired cartridge casings and bullets â to a particular firearm. Two assumptions underlie this identification process: First, firearms […]
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With the exception of DNA analysis, a great deal of so-called “forensic science” â that is, the analysis of tool marks, bite marks, hair comparisons, fingerprints, blood spatters, arson patterns, and […]
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by Brandon Garrett, Laurence R. Helfer, Mark Godsey, Luca Lupà ria and Jayne Huckerby
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn the last decade, nations have begun to formally recognize an individualâs right â at any time â to raise post-conviction claims of factual innocence. Despite the recognition at the state level, no international human rights instrument fully recognizes the right to assert oneâs claim of innocence.
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Not long ago, âfriendâ was a noun, âyelpâ meant a shrill bark, âtwitterâ referred to a chirp, a âtumblerâ was a gymnast or a glass, and âfacebook,â âyoutube,â and âinstagramâ […]
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There are at least two points of consensus among those who study national security secrecy: First, the government must keep some secrets in order to protect national security. Second, a […]
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by Daniel J. Capra and Joseph Tartakovsky
Vol. 99 No. 3 (2015) | Fixing DiscoveryIn 2004, the Supreme Court, in Crawford v. Washington, restored the âoriginal meaningâ of the Sixth Amendmentâs Confrontation Clause. The framers of that clause â which guarantees a criminal defendant the right […]
