Forensnips aplenty, forensnips galore

Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich ...

'Digital lynch mob' assaults expert witness in televised murder trial

Imagine you are testifying in a high-profile murder case being live-streamed over the Internet. Suddenly, an angry mob swarms all over you. ...

Remarkable experiment proves pull of adversarial allegiance

  Psychologists' scoring of forensic tools depends on which side they believe has hired them A brilliant experiment has proven that adve...

Documentary targets family courts and custody evaluators

Stuck in the middle of nowhere on a case, I happened to catch the new documentary No Way Out But One , depicting injustices against abused w...

Jury Expert: Timely focus on false confessions

"Why on earth would anyone, anywhere, ever confess to a serious crime they did not commit? Especially something like murder? Seriously?...

Another one bites the dust: Hollow SVP prosecution no match for jurors' common sense

15 minutes. After a five-week trial, that's how long it took a jury in a rural Northern California county to decide that an openly gay m...

Mental health expert witnesses slammed in court

A pint-sized hired gun Are accusations of bias on the rise? Hired gun. Charlatan. Quack. Hack. It's every expert witness's worst nig...