Sunday, December 28, 2003

Expert Testimony on False Confessions

Via TalkLeft, we learn of Steve Chapman's column advocating the admissibility of testimony on false confessions.

posted by pn at 3:58 PM  

Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.