All Articles tagged expert testimony

• Justice Commentaries
  July 17, 2018 EDT
  SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME: AS A CONTROVERSY IN WRONGFUL CONVICTION CASES
  Eza Bella Zakirova

  This article discusses Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) as a controversial medical diagnosis and examines how misdiagnosis of SBS has led to wrongful convictions.

• Justice Commentaries
  July 17, 2018 EDT
  THE BEST INSURANCE AGAINST MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE CAUSED BY JUNK SCIENCE: AN ADMISSIBILITY TEST THAT IS SCIENTIFICALLY AND LEGALLY SOUND
  Edward J. Imwinkelried

  This article argues that the many courts current standard for admitting expert testimony contributes to wrongful convictions based on scientific errors and proposes two new standards in their place.

• Justice Commentaries
  May 05, 2012 EDT
  WRONGFUL CONVICTION: HOW A FAMILY SURVIVES
  Nancy Vollertsen

  This essay describes how a family member had been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and how the lives of the convicted's family were upended.