Cross-Examining Forensics - by Radley Balko
• Reason magazineThe U.S. Supreme Court decided in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
that the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause requires forensic
experts whose reports are admitted into evidence to be made available
for cross-examination. You might have already thought that you had the
right to challenge a witness who offers powerful evidence of your
guilt. But until six weeks ago, that wasn't the case in many states.
