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Forensics Expert Witness to Testify in Selma “Bloody Sunday” Trial

Expert witness and former New York chief medical examiner Michael Baden has been hired by District Attorney Michael Jackson in the case against former Selma, AL trooper James B. Fowler. Fowler is charged with the 1965 murder of civil rights protester Jimmie Lee Jackson which began the “Bloody Sunday” Selma-to-Montgomery…

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Judge in Spector Trial Angry Re: Surprise Expert Witness

An angry judge berated Phil Spector’s defense team this week for what he called “tactical, knowing” misconduct involving a new theory on Lana Clarkson’s death. Well known forensic pathologist expert witness Dr. Michael Baden revealed an explanation for blood on Spector’s clothing to jurors on the witness stand without notifing…

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Utilities Expert Witnesses to Opine Re: $1.3B Powerlink

Utilities expert witnesses will be testifying next month in the regulatory hearings into San Diego Gas & Electric’s proposal to build the controversial $1.3 billion Sunrise Powerlink. SDG&E proposing that Sunrise would begin in Imperial County, cross Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and then run across North San Diego County communities.…

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Automotive Fire Safety Expert Is Witness vs. Ford Motor Co

22-year-old Payton Lewis and his girlfriend Samantha Ely died in a fiery single-vehicle accident on Dec. 9, 2006 and Ford Motor Company is charged with their deaths. Lawyers hired by Payton’s mother Delicia Lewis filed a wrongful death suit against Ford Motor Company Thursday claiming that a faulty switch in…

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Forensic Expert Testifies in Manslaughter Case vs. Babysitter

Babysitter Katie Sue Savoy, 26, is charged with manslaughter in the death of 11-month-old Lane Leger. Expert witnesses testified that the child’s injuries were inflicted by an adult. Forensic pathologist expert witness Dr. Paul McGarry testified that Leger’s death could not have been the result of falling or bumping his…

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8/9/07 Expert Witness Disqualified Under Daubert Re: Vietnamese Culture

In US v. Ta, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58130, Hoa Quoc Ta hoped to use expert witness Mr. Nguyen Ba Chung as an expert on Vietnamese culture. Ta is charged with kidnapping, carjacking, and “possessing a firearm in furtherance of crimes of violence in violation.” But while Chung holds positions…

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