Topic: So you don't get surprised on the stand

[kgarrison]

Our lab director gave us an update from an ASCLD group and our unit saw a line in the update about the Rhode Island Firearms Unit getting shut down.


Forensic expert's report exposes failures at RI crime lab - https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/crime/2024/10/24/forensic-experts-report-exposes-failures-at-ri-crime-lab/75814516007/


This article has a bit of information so you can be prepared if it gets brought up in trial.

[Cole]

Some of us are hitting a paywall sometimes when we try to access it.  If that happens, here is an additional article, which also contains a link to the report


https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/10/23/confirmation-bias-played-role-in-invalid-toolmark-testing-at-r-i-state-crime-lab-report-finds/

[kgarrison]

Thanks! The east coast pay wall must not go all the way to Southern California 

[Cole]

Weird thing is that I only get it some of the time.