Documents
See also
- Principles and Recommendations for Strengthening Forensic Science in the Courtroom, NACDL (February 2010)
- Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward, Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community, National Academy of Sciences (August 2009)
- Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (September 2016)
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