23/03/07 (UK): Fingerprint Evidence Flawed A recent study claims that fingerprint evidence may not be as reliable as first thought due to the bias of examiners.

8/03/07 (UK): Explosives Expert Cleared Charges against a government scientist accused of killing a colleague in a top secret test explosion that went wrong have been dropped. The decision was apparently prompted by 'new information'.

6/03/07 (US): Older Witnesses Not So Reliable, Says Study Older adults are more likely than their young counterparts to make mistakes in memory, and are also more likely to insist that they are right, a University of Virginia study suggests.

4/03/07 (UK): Christian Magistrate Loses Case A Christian magistrate has lost his case to have his freedom of conscience recognised when practicing as a Justice of the Peace, the Sheffield Employment Tribunal decided.

3/03/07 (UK): Knowledge Session Scheme For Legal Professionals Ceram, The internationally renowned research and testing centre is offering free knowledge session seminars to legal practitioners keen to learn more about the difference that materials analysis can make to a case and how experts can help.

2/03/07 (UK): Fake Forensic Expert Jailed For Five Years A bogus forensic investigator who conned the justice system for more than two decades has been jailed for five years. All the court cases in which he gave evidence may need to be reviewed, possibly as many as 700.

2/03/07 (US): Supply Teacher Faces Jail Over Pop-Up Porn A substitute teacher faces up to 40 years in jail after pornographic website images were displayed to her students. But the conviction has sparked mass outrage on the blogosphere.