by Carole Chaski | Mar 20, 2014 | Daubert standards, forensic linguistics, forensic science, ground truth data, legal evidence, science, validation testing
Recently a case in Texas has highlighted the idea that the law can respond to changes in forensic science, especially when a previously accepted forensic technique is shown to be “junk science.” The case is reported about in the Texas Public radio website...
by Carole Chaski | Aug 7, 2012 | author identification, Daubert standards, expert witness, forensic science, Frye standard
When I arrived at the National Institute of Justice to begin my Visiting Research Fellowship in 1995, my program manager Dick Rau mentioned that he had a job for me. I was expected to provide some technical support to NIJ staff, but I certainly did not expect what...
by Carole Chaski | Aug 3, 2012 | author identification, Daubert standards, expert witness, forensic linguistics, forensic science, LSA Institute Summer 2013, NAS Report
The National Academy of Sciences allows free pdf downloads of many of its publications. Several of these are listed at www.LinguisticEvidence.org website under Research and Publications: Essential Documents. A best seller from the National Academies Press is the NAS...
by Carole Chaski | Jul 31, 2012 | Daubert standards, forensic science, Frye standard, legal evidence, NAS Report
Apparently I am not the only person who sees forensic linguistics as dangerously like the forensic sciences deemed in need of science by the NAS Report. Just a week or two ago, The New Yorker published an article by Jack Hitt, a comedian (no kidding) and reporter. In...
by Carole Chaski | Jul 28, 2012 | Daubert standards, expert witness, forensic science, Frye standard, NAS Report
Forensic linguistics is a perfect example of the three loopholes that the NAS Report doesn’t address. (1) A lot of judges, prosecutors, defense and plaintiff attorneys approach linguistic issues (such as who authored the blog post? is this a real threat letter?)...
