The Australian Academy of Science's chief executive says when she was leading calls for a change to how science and justice interact in court, she had no idea she was echoing comments made 40 years earlier.
Despite the rapid march of science, not much has changed when it comes to how that information is explained in court.
"Police officers with no known expertise in a whole range of areas routinely testify and give their opinions about the very people they are investigating," he said. "Courts in NSW are already able to hear evidence from scientific experts, where that evidence is admissible in the case," a spokesperson said.
It also helped counsel frame their questions to ensure the scientific evidence was thoroughly interrogated."It is how it should be done when we have cases that have this level of scientific complexity and when knowledge is moving at such a fast past."
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