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U.S. Supreme Court: State’s Forensic Experts Can be Required to Testify

In one of the last decisions of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court made it clear that criminal defendants have the right to cross-examine the forensic experts who create lab reports introduced at trial.   The ruling in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachussets upholds the principal that a defendant has a constitutionally guaranteed right to confront his/her [...]

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