http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27969-2134726,00.html
Phil Willis
"MPs are worried that it is the presentation skills of expert witnesses, rather than the arguments they present, that are the key factors in influencing a Jury. NEW technologies and cutting-edge science are increasingly being applied effectively to the prosecution of criminals. A number of highly publicised trials, such as that of Sion Jenkins and Angela Cannings, have hinged upon strongly contested evidence from expert witnesses that has subsequently been discredited. Something is apparently not working. In these types of cases involving complex scientific evidence, are juries, and indeed judges, properly equipped to do what is asked of them? "
