“The bottom line is simple: In a number of forensic science disciplines, forensic science professionals have yet to establish either the validity of their approach or the accuracy of their conclusions, and the courts have been utterly ineffective in addressing this problem.” (National Academy of Sciences)

The first half of the Saks/Votruba article, titled “… and the courts have been utterly ineffective”  sums up some of the most devastating findings about pattern-matching forensic science. The second half suggests to judges a number of half-measures they could take short of excluding these fields altogether, which, according to the authors, they seem reluctant to do.

    Saks & Votruba – JJ article 2015