Scientific Validity and Error Rates: A Short Response to the PCAST Report

Authors

Ted Robert Hunt, U.S. Department of JusticeFollow

Keywords

PCAST, DOJ, report, forensic evidence, validity, evidence law, Daubert, 702

Abstract

This Article was prepared as a companion to the Fordham Law Review Reed Symposium on Forensic Expert Testimony, Daubert, and Rule 702, held on October 27, 2017, at Boston College School of Law. The Symposium took place under the sponsorship of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules. For an overview of the Symposium, see Daniel J. Capra, Foreword: Symposium on Forensic Testimony, Daubert, and Rule 702, 86 Fordham L. Rev. 1459 (2018).

Recommended Citation

Ted Robert Hunt, Scientific Validity and Error Rates: A Short Response to the PCAST Report, 86 Fordham L. Rev. (2017).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flro/vol86/iss1/14