In less media-saturated trials which have the same stakes for the participants, expert witnesses can say whatever they're paid to say. They're rarely challenged

In less media-saturated trials which have the same stakes for the participants, expert witnesses can say whatever they're paid to say. They're rarely challenged seriously on their testimony, or even their credentials. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/23/ukcrime.law http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/23/ukcrime.law http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Cases_Where_DNA_Revealed_that_Bite_Mark_Analysis_Led_to_Wrongful_Arrests_and_Convictions.php http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Cases_Where_DNA_Reve... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/us/12experts.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/us/12experts.html?_r=1&#38...