505 | Will Automation Make it Harder to Keep Junk Science out of Court? w/Lisa Waters
Podcast: Public DefenselessPublished On: Tue Aug 11 2026
Description: Hunter is joined once again by Professor Lisa Waters to discuss her law review article, Automating Junk Science. In it, Lisa details a troubling trend where police officers are using automated technology to "verify" that gun matches a bullet found at the scene of a crime. The only problem? The underlying tool mark science is complete junk. How can defenders respond to this automation of Junk Science? Lisa offers a few insights. Guest: Lisa Waters, Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law, New York Resource: Read the Article Here https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5440637 Contact Lisa Here https://www.law.cuny.edu/faculty-profile/lisa-waters/#profile Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com Instagram: @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter :@PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com Subscribe to the Patreon: www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast Donate on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe: https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****
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