Will Automation Make it Harder to Keep Junk Science out of Court?

Professor Lisa Waters discusses her law review article, Automating Junk Science. In this interview, Lisa details a troubling trend where police officers are using automated technology to “verify” that gun matches a bullet found at the scene of a crime. The only problem? The underlying tool mark science is complete junk. How can defenders respond to this automation of Junk Science? Lisa offers a few insights.