
The Field of Firearms Forensics Is Flawed
The matching of bullets to guns is subjective, and courts are starting to question it because of testimony from scientific experts
Nicholas Scurich is a professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychological Science and the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine. Scurich researches topics in applied decision-making and the assessment of risky and dangerous behavior. He has testified in state and federal courts on firearms identification as well as other topics at the intersection of science and law.
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