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Research suggests that forensic experts should acknowledge error in their testimonies to help jurors evaluate forensic evidence. However, no research has examined the impact of error acknowledgement on evaluations of DNA evidence. Additionally, no research has looked at how complexity of the testimony affects jurors' understanding of the error. This project explores how jurors would evaluate DNA evidence and DNA expert testimony, depending on how error is acknowledged by the expert (i.e., not acknowledged, acknowledged on direct examination, or acknowledged on cross-examination). The study also examines the impact of changing the complexity of a DNA expert's testimony on these evaluations. |
