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Author reacts to forensics post

I forwarded the Grits post on forensics from earlier today to Roger Koppl, who authored the Forbes magazine article it was based on. He was gracious enough to react via email, so with his permission I thought I'd post his response as a stand-alone:Thanks for sending me an email notice of your blog and thanks for the blog. Please allow me to note that I did say in the Forbes piece, ?Creating the right to a forensic expert for the defense would help restore the imbalance in scientific firepower that too often exists between prosecution and defense.? I have been calling for forensic defense experts since my first publication on these issues in 2005. But I must admit I have only recently come to see it as the lynchpin reform.IMHO you need more than one knock-down reform...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 19, 2008 (boomark / email).