4/11/07 (CA): Spy Trial: Disk Contained Encrypted Files A Navy investigator has testified that a computer disk seized from the brother of a Chinese-born engineer accused of stealing U.S. defense technology secrets contained encrypted files.

4/10/07 (NJ): Expert: Garbage Bags Match in Murder Case A forensic examiner told jurors at a woman's murder trial that garbage bags removed from her residence were identical to those wrapped around her husband's dismembered body.

4/05/07 (WV): Doctors’ Survey Gives Food For Thought Amid some controversy, a new survey reveals that most WV physician specialists question expert testimony if it is outside a doctor's specialty or is tainted by financial incentives.

4/06/07 (CA): Spector Trial: Experts Fees To Be Disclosed Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder case filed a motion today asking that the defense team be ordered to disclose the fees that its expert witnesses are being paid before they take the stand in the music producer's trial.

4/04/07 (PA): Judge Throws Out Civil Rights Verdict A federal magistrate judge has granted the city of Philadelphia's motion for judgment as a matter of law in a federal civil rights action brought by a woman who alleged the city's police department had a policy of customarily closing sexual assault complaints.

4/04/07 (ME): Crime Scene Expert Contradicts Defense There was no pool of blood found in Crystal Perry's kitchen or the knife drawer, a crime scene expert has testified at the murder trial of Michael Hutchinson, accused of stabbing her more than 50 times in 1994.

3/26/07 (TN): Hollow Victory For Inmate Still On Death Row Despite a Supreme Court ruling referring to "conflicting evidence" at his original trial, Paul Gregory House remains on death row.

3/24/07 (MD): Suicide Of ‘Expert’ Leads To Doubts A fake 'expert' has killed himself when suspicions were raised about his credentials. Joseph Kopera testified in numerous trials as a Maryland State ballistics expert, and his death has led to calls for a review of the cases in which he was involved.