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 | 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 | expert witness, forensic science, legal evidence, NAS Report, Uncategorized
Senator Leahy is spearheading a legislative movement to improve forensic science as scientific evidence, and I am cheering at his efforts (for an update on his efforts, see http://public.cq.com/docs/weeklyreport/weeklyreport-000004132586.html uh oh –what if...
