Publication Type: Amicus Briefs

This amicus brief challenged unreliable firearm tool mark comparison expert testimony. We joined with numerous amici in arguing that traditional forensic firearms and toolmark comparisons raise reliability concerns regarding methods and applications of the methods, showing that the scientific community has carefully detailed the lack of reliability of firearms and toolmark comparisons. Read the brief

This amicus brief was filed in collaboration with the Innocence Project and Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Mr. Bolin has served 28 years on death row, and his conviction was based on several questionable evidentiary methods. We argue that the eyewitness testimony in his case was highly suggestive and unreliable. Read the case

We partnered with Kelly Woodruff at the Complex Appellate Litigation Group to file a an amicus brief in the California Court of Appeals, challenging the reliability of firearm/toolmark evidence.  Read the case