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Judge Pollak Reverses Himself
The
Honorable Louis H. Pollak wrote:
Based on
the foregoing considerations, I have concluded that arrangements which,
subject to careful trial court oversight, are felt to be sufficiently
reliable in England, ought likewise
to be found sufficiently reliable in the federal courts of the United
States, subject to similar measures of trial court oversight. In
short, I have changed my mind. "Wisdom too often never comes, and so" -
as Justice Frankfurter admonished himself and every judge - "one ought
not to reject it merely because it comes late."(7 January 2002 Court Decision
partially against fingerprints Court Decision)
PA v. Vikara, Convicted After Starrs' Testimony
Prof.
James Starrs was called as an expert in the methodology of fingerprint
comparison, but renounced much of his written report during
cross-examination. Hearing was October 22, 2001... Defendant
convicted of 1st Degree Murder and Robbery... sentenced to death.
Defendant died January 10, 2002 in the State Correctional Institute at
Camp Hill, PA.
Critical Author's Opinion Ruled Junk Science
A
New York state judge listened to testimony by Simon Cole about why he
considers the science of fingerprint identification suspect... and
ruled, ..."Even applying the Federal Court's Daubert Standard, what Dr.
Cole has offered here is 'junk science"...
(Court Decision) (Cole's Testimony)
Notorious Daubert Challenge - Bin Laden's Terrorist
Tried It
After
his April 6, 2001 conviction, Ahmed Ressam was known to most of us as
just another criminal who failed in his bid to exclude incriminating
fingerprint evidence. As Paul Harvey would say, we now know the rest of
the story...
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Regarding American News Shows and
Articles about Fingerprint Evidence Credibility in Court...
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