Podcast Episode Discusses Weakness in Eyewitness Identifications and Their Use in the Courtroom

May 31, 2022

By Samantha Springer, a research assistant at the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE)  Eyewitness identification was …

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AAFS 2022 Recap: Understanding Juror Comprehension of Forensic Testimony: Assessing Jurors’ Decision Making and Evidence Evaluation

March 29, 2022

By Samantha Springer, a research assistant at the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE)  During the 74th …

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Algorithmic Evidence in Criminal Trials

February 10, 2021

Guest BlogKori Khan Assistant Professor Department of Statistics, Iowa State University We are currently in an era where machine learning …

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Closed Source Forensic Software: Confronting the Evidence?

September 1, 2020

There is a persistent underlying flaw in the criminal justice system, stemming from unvalidated forensic science cloaked in intellectual property. …

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How Does the Law Impact the Regulation of Forensic Evidence?

January 26, 2018

Recent advancements in technology have brought forensic science to the forefront in criminal investigations.  While investigators are increasingly relying on …

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Open Source Software: Applications in Forensics and The Courtroom

November 29, 2017

This is an invited blog post from Richard Torres, an attorney at the Legal Aid Society in New York City. …

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