For decades, American courts admitted forensic techniques that leading scientists later found to be unreliable, and juries convicted people based on them. Oregon Senate Bill 1515, signed this year by Gov. Tina Kotek with bipartisan support from state Sens. Floyd Prozanski and Kim Thatcher, takes an overdue step toward addressing that problem.
Author Archives: Bob Rocklin
Bob Rocklin teaches in the University of Oregon Law School’s undergraduate legal studies program and the UO prison education program.

