NCFS to Ask NIST to Institute an Additional "Technical Merit" Review Mechanism for Some Types of OSAC Forensic Science Standards?

A subcommittee of the National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS) has approved a draft Recommendation to the Attorney General on Technica...

If the Glass Fits, Declare It: The Justice Department's ULTR for Glass that "Physically Fits Together"

The Department of Justice’s “Proposed Uniform Language for Testimony and Reports for the Forensic Glass Discipline” allows a broad range of...

Conference to explode DNA forensic analysis through alchemy

Following a review by its scientific program committee, BIT Group Global Ltd. has slotted the following paper for presentation in a session ...

State Supreme Court Approves of Variable-Prior-Odds Presentation of the Bayesian Probability of Paternity

In 2002, the Supreme Court of Kentucky wrote a disappointing opinion on the admissibility of the "probability of paternity" in a c...

District of Columbia Court of Appeals Delivers Coup de Grâce to "Unqualified" Pattern-matching Testimony

Earlier this year, the highest court for the District of Columbia indicated that it was not disposed to testimony that “that when a bullet i...