5/13/08 UK): Just How Expert Are The Expert Witnesses? Link to an excellent Guardian piece that questions the quality and impartiality of some 'terrorologists'. Click here.

5/07/08 (CAN): Risk of Death From Taser is Low Says Expert. The risk of injury or death from the use of Tasers is low, an expert witness has testified at a public inquiry ordered after the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski.

5/06/08 (CA): Who Should Read This Boy's Testimony? Even though 15-year-old Demontre Carroll was shot to death before he could testify in a murder trial, the juries in the case will still hear his words.

4/30/08 (DC): Guantanamo Tribunals 'Tainted' Says Ex-Prosecutor Political pressure and evidence obtained through the abuse of prisoners has undermined the Guantanamo "war on terror" tribunals, their former chief prosecutor testified, US media reported.

4/29/08 (NY): The Rights of The Batterer When Jimmy Byrd went on trial for nearly murdering the woman he lived with -- the mother of their young daughter -- the victim did not appear in court and Byrd's lawyer never cross-examined her. Byrd was convicted anyway. This, he said, violated his constitutional right to confront witnesses. The trial judge disagreed and now, so has the Supreme Court Appellate Division in Manhattan.

4/24/08 (VA): Experts Unfairly Barred Say Defense In DC Sniper Case. Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was regularly whipped with hose pipes and electrical cords and beaten with hammers and sticks by family members during a brutal childhood, according to lawyers trying to save him from the death penalty.

4/23/08 (CA): Expert Testifies White Supremacists Inherently Anti-Police There has been expert evidence that cop killer Bendt Volarvich was an avowed white supremacist. Volarvich, watched as one by one his former associates and jail mates were brought to the stand to testify about his alleged white supremacist affiliation.