2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.02041.x
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Weakening Forensic Science in Spain: From Expert Evidence to Documentary Evidence*

Abstract: An amendment in 2002 to the Spanish Code of Criminal Procedure converted into documentary evidence the expert reports prepared by official laboratories aimed at determining the nature, weight, and purity of seized drugs. In most cases, experts are spared from appearance before the courts. This is likely to be extended to other forensic fields. After an overview of criminalistic identification in current forensic science, the objectivity and reliability concepts used by jurists and scientists are considered by … Show more

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