Frye v. United States[1] set the orgininal federal standard for the admission of scientific evidence in the courtroom. That standard lasted for several decades before the Supreme Court In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993) held the Frye standard was superseded by Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (FRE 702).[2] As part of it’s opinion, the court expanded
Chief Mack Jenkins joins the Justice Speakers Institute (JSI) as Vice President, serving alongside the Institute’s two remaining founders – Judge Brian Mackenzie (Ret.) and David Wallace, (the Traffic Safety Guy). Jenkins retains the honorific “Chief” in recognition of his 9 years as chief probation officer of San Diego (California) County from 2007 to 2016.
Abolitionists in America played a significant role in abolishing chattel slavery. They disagreed with the inhumane treatment and methodology of the slave trade model, which represented the status quo of the wealth generation. Abolitionists first understood needs and then developed strategies that assisted escaping slaves in multiple ways. From providing shelter and food, to fighting to change
Written by Judge Brian MacKenzie (Ret.) and Judge Kevin Burke (Ret.) There are cases where everyone in the courtroom knows that a litigant or witness has suffered a traumatic injury. But what if the judge does not know about the person’s traumatic injury? Self- represented litigants will often not tell a judge their history and
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