Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Daubert on the Tube

From The Futon Critic:

EXPERT WITNESS/JUDGE JOHN DEED (ABC/NBC, New!) - Former "Law & Order" showrunner Michael Chernuchin has set up two new drama projects as part of his overall deal with NBC Universal Television. The first is an adaptation of the BBC series "Judge John Deed" for the Peacock while the other is the forensic-themed drama "Expert Witness" for ABC. "Deed" focuses on the dichotomy of a federal court justice in Washington, D.C. who's extremely moral in the courtroom but not so much outside of it while "Witness" centers on a thirtysomething coroner-turned-professional freelance forensic witness who works for both prosecution and defense cases (not to mention is haunted by his mother's murder by his father). Interestingly enough, Chernuchin has already sealed a separate deal with book packager Alloy to write a series of novels based on Roger Cleary, the lead character of "Witness," regardless if the project moves forward.
Will it be set, we wonder, in a Daubert state or a Frye state? And now that we've plugged the show, will it plug Blog 702?

posted by pn at 7:29 PM  

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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.