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> The police and prosecution are the ones using these tools to attack innocent people. ... and the defense fails to hire their own expert witness, or use same
by WaitWaitWha 3y ago
> The police and prosecution are the ones using these tools to attack innocent people.
... and the defense fails to hire their own expert witness, or use same exact method to keep people out of prison.
(Remember "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit"? Cochran did not come up with it by himself, but an expert provided it to him, the glove not fitting.)
Assuming you are talking about US, adversarial courts.
- Lord-Jobo 3y agothe defense will always have less time and money to get their own expert witness, and i can tell you for absolute certainty that there is way more demand than supply for defense experts. and yes they have a million other disadvantages that are SUPPOSED to be balanced by the advantage that the standard burden of proof offers. but that is clearly failing if prosecution experts are running rampant with few checks, and 95-98%(!) of criminal cases plead out before a trial even occurs. public defenders are time constrained in the extreme(https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/31/us/public-defender-case-loads.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/31/us/public-def...), and public defendants are financially constrained in the extreme. its a terrible mixture.