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Advanced Evidence Spring 2026: Forensic Evidence & Expert Testimony

Training Officers to Shoot First, and He Will Answer Questions Later

Matt Apuzzo, The New York Times (Aug. 1, 2015) (Kitty Bennett contributed research)

This article uses a painful and perpetually timely topic (police shootings of civilians and the failure of the legal system to impose consequences) to illustrate the broader problem of admitting expert testimony that may lack a sufficient scientific basis.