AFTE Store - AFTE Response to the NACDL Task Force on the Future of Forensic Science

The purpose of this response, was to comment on the seven areas addressed in the Preliminary Position Statements and Recommendations as necessary for the Forensic Science System to produce Accurate and Reliable Science, and hence Fair and Accurate Verdicts, in our Courtrooms adopted by the NACDL November 7, 2009. The seven areas are: 1) central, science based agency; 2) culture of science; 3) research; 4) education; 5) transparency; 6) discovery; and 7) defense resources. After commenting on all of these areas, AFTE expressed the hope that their comments would be seriously considered by NACDL, and expressed confidence that if they are, NACDL would conclude that a well-grounded culture of science pervades the forensic discipline of firearm and toolmark examination and identification. Editor’s Note: This response was first published in the February 2010 AFTE News Volume 7 Number 1.