tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796033.post8418807646665849976..comments2023-05-24T08:55:02.570-05:00Comments on Mimi Coffey's Personal Blog: Lying Expert Witnesses: The Shabby State of Criminal Justice in Our CountryMimi Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676471308977989961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796033.post-88335929355828898952014-07-22T19:47:19.675-05:002014-07-22T19:47:19.675-05:00I just had a government "expert" on the ...I just had a government "expert" on the stand whom I was grilling about FSTs and the fact there is no peer-reviewed causal connection between performance on them and impairment by alcohol, and the DA kept barking "Objection, she's not an expert." This was after she testified to attending and employing correlation studies of people performing FSTs in the alcohol-free state and then after a measured amount of consumed alcohol, on which she based some of her conclusions about the effects of alcohol. But she picked up on the DA's message and suddenly didn't know anything about them! I barked "Ms [ ], do you recall testifying in several other trials with me on this subject matter - you didn't answer then that you knew nothing about this subject - has the DA told you what you should say now?" She gave an embarrassed smile and agreed that she had answered those questions for me before, confessing thereby witness-tampering and corruption. But I got yelled at by the court for suggesting the obvious!!!! The witness and DA didn't get attacked at all. And that is the problem: these dishonest cretins are protected by the courts, and we must shout to the very Heavens about what is going on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193270370546202657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796033.post-59702726173183716992014-07-22T18:34:26.107-05:002014-07-22T18:34:26.107-05:00Well done. The criminal justice system needs to s...Well done. The criminal justice system needs to start a dialogue about this. We, the criminal defense bar, need to see that this gets more media attention.<br /><br />Ed BlumAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813435078742907974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796033.post-40762115144793515792014-06-24T22:20:21.126-05:002014-06-24T22:20:21.126-05:00Thank you for shedding light into this dark corner...Thank you for shedding light into this dark corner of our criminal justice system. I would like to see investigative reporters turn that light onto more fraudulent "experts." People who operate without a moral compass need to be revealed.Concerned Senior Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00414208792785439988noreply@blogger.com