Standards
Best practices, standard protocol, lab procedures, and terminology
What are standards?
The gatekeepers of expert testimony
Who are judges?
A trial without a jury
What is a bench trial?
The death penalty case that brought awareness to issues with arson investigations
What is the Cameron Todd Willingham case?
Which word in a standard indicates that it's a required action
What is "shall?"
These two parties can call an expert witness to the stand
Who are the prosecution and defense?
What is an acquittal?
The first case in which an expert witness testified to bite mark evidence
What is the Ted Bundy case?
Error rate, theory has been tested, peer reviewed or published, standards, and generally accepted
What is the Daubert standard factors?
What a expert witness does not testify to
What is guilt or innocence?
A written or printed sworn statement
What is an affidavit?
If the glove don't fit, you must acquit
What is the OJ Simpson case?
Prior to OSAC this entity created standards in forensics
What is SWG?
The amended federal rule that changed the wording of expert testimony admissibility
What is Rule 702?
Evidence indicting that a defendant did not commit a crime
What is exculpatory evidence?
The ongoing trial of the alleged CEO shooter
What is the Luigi Mangione case?
This state was the first regulatory body to recommend OSAC standard implementation
What is the Texas Forensic Science Commission?
The common name for Rule 615 (any party in the court can exclude a witness from hearing any other witnesses testimony)
What is The Rule?
When a method is repeatable, reproducible, and accurate
What is foundational validity?
The case where an "FC" signature was left on shrapnel at every scene
What is the Ted Kaczynski case?