Forensics Part 3

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English - July 05, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Brandt, Olivia and Danielle finish up their discussion of forensic science by looking at eye witness testimony and Ballistics.

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Sources for today's Episode:

2009 National Academy of Science “Strengthening Forensic Science in the U.S.”: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228091.pdfThe Trouble with Eye Witness Identification Testimony in Criminal Cases”: https://www.ncsc.org/trends/monthly-trends-articles/2017/the-trouble-with-eyewitness-identification-testimony-in-criminal-casesEye Witness Identification Reform: https://innocenceproject.org/eyewitness-identification-reform/Eye Witness Identification - Getting it Right:

5. Human Factors in Wrongful Convictions: Memory Malleability -

6. Eyewitness Identification Reform - https://innocenceproject.org/eyewitness-identification-reform/

7. How Good a Match is It? Putting Statistics into Forensic Firearms Identification: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2018/02/how-good-match-it-putting-statistics-forensic-firearms-identification

8. "We are going backward": how the justice system ignores science in the pursuit of convictions: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/we-are-going-backward-how-justice-system-ignores-science-pursuit-n961256

9. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993) - https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/509/579/