Blinding Forensic Analysts to Task-irrelevant Information: A National Commission (NCFS) Speaks Out

This week, the National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS) approved a “views document” entitled Ensuring That Forensic Analysis Is Based ...

Hair Evidence in the “Clearly Not Exonerated” Exoneration of Mark Reid

On November 3, the fictional forensic scientist in the world’s most watched television drama was aghast that she had once performed microsco...

Cell Phones, Brain Cancer, and Scientific Outliers Are Not the Best Reasons to Abandon Frye v. United States

Two days ago, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (the District’s highest court) heard oral argument 1 / on whether to discard the ver...

Public Comment Period for Seven National Commission on Forensic Science Work Products To Close on 12/22

Public Service Announcement The comment period for seven National Commission on Forensic Science work products will close on 12/22/15.  The ...

Latent Fingerprint Identification in Flux?

Two recent articles suggest that seeds of change are taking root in the field of latent fingerprint identification. I. The Emerging Paradigm...

Marching Toward Improved Latent Fingerprint Testimony at the Army's Defense Forensic Science Center

The U.S. Army’s Defense Forensic Science Center (DFSC) has announced a change in its practice of reporting a positive association between a...

Can Forensic Pattern Matching Be Validated?

An article in the latest issue of the International Statistical Review raises (once again) fundamental questions for forensic scientists: ...