Cuando el derecho es poco fiable: respuestas jurídicas a la prueba de huellas dactilares latentes

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A partir de casos reportados, este ensayo busca evaluar el impacto que han tenido en la respuesta jurídica que se ha dado a las pruebas mediante huellas dactilares latentes las reglas de admisibilidad, las garantías procesales (incluidas las apelaciones), los cambios en las reglas de admisibilidad y de procedimiento y el surgimiento de asesoramiento científico exógeno. Centrado en decisiones judiciales reportadas en cuatro jurisdicciones del common law, Inglaterra y Gales, Estados Unidos, Canadá y Australia, este ensayo examina la abrumadoramente complaciente respuesta a este tipo de prueba científico forense.

Palabras clave

Huellas dactilares latentes, prueba dactilar, ciencias forenses, criterios de admisibilidad de la prueba, prueba pericial

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Biografía del autor/a

Gary Edmond, UNSW, Sidney

Profesor de la Escuela de Derecho de la UNSW, Sidney, Australia

DOI

https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/qf.i0.22377

Publicado

2020-01-28

Cómo citar

Edmond, G. (2020). Cuando el derecho es poco fiable: respuestas jurídicas a la prueba de huellas dactilares latentes. Quaestio Facti. Revista Internacional Sobre Razonamiento Probatorio, (1), 301–355. https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/qf.i0.22377