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- Title
FAULTY FORENSICS: BOLSTERING JUDICIAL GATEKEEPING IN GEORGIA COURTS.
- Authors
Bidinger, Miranda S.
- Abstract
Forensic evidence is widely used in criminal cases across the country and is accorded great weight by juries. But critics have begun to question its reliability. Its use has contributed to numerous wrongful convictions, and though some individuals have been exonerated, many remain incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. This Note explores a variety of forensic science disciplines and their associated problems, the recent push for forensic reform, and the current standards governing the admissibility of forensic evidence at the federal level and in Georgia courts, highlighting the lenient standard embodied in the Georgia Code and elaborated upon in its case law. This Note ultimately recommends that Georgia courts and the Georgia General Assembly establish a new standard to govern the admissibility of scientific evidence in criminal cases--one that bolsters the gatekeeping function of trial judges by allowing them to assess the limitations of forensic science disciplines when making admissibility decisions.
- Subjects
FORENSIC dentistry; EXPERT evidence; BITE mark evidence; MICROSCOPY; GEORGIA. Bureau of Investigation
- Publication
Georgia Law Review, 2020, Vol 54, Issue 3, p1035
- ISSN
0016-8300
- Publication type
Article