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Right to confront prosecution forensic expert now costs defendants $600

Posted on March 10, 2017 by csidds

NC hates to send their forensic lab experts to court to attest to their labwork and experience the joy of cross-examination. That’s since Melendez- Diaz happened in 2009. It threw crime lab techs into court to authenticate and defend their … Continue reading →

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Where forensic lab reports are not testimonial – Wisconsin

Posted on February 18, 2017 by csidds

Apparently these judges in Wisconsin  believe through a circuitous logic that crime lab results are not available for cross-examination. Sometimes. They approved a pathologist to talk about a tox result at a hearing about cause of death. As is usually … Continue reading →

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