505 | Will Automation Make it Harder to Keep Junk Science out of Court? w/Lisa Waters

Hunter is joined once again by Professor Lisa Waters to discuss her law review article, Automating Junk Science. In it, Lisa details a troubling trend where police officers are using automated technology to "verify" that gun matches a bullet found at the scene of a crime. The only problem? The underlying tool mark science is complete junk. How can defenders respond to this automation of Junk Science? Lisa offers a few insights.

Guest:
Lisa Waters, Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law, New York

Resource:
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