Thursday, March 03, 2005

Expert Perjury Watch (Minnesota Edition)

Another expert has been charged with perjury after allegedly inflating his credentials. This time, a witness testifying as an expert on sexual dangerousness is charged with claiming bogus degrees and practicing psychology without a license. The Duluth News Tribune has the story.

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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.