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Forensic Sciences from the Judicial Perspective

Well before the acceptance of forensic evidence in the courts, Sherlock Holmes remarked to Dr Watson “They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains ... It’s a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work”’. That observation provides the theme for this paper which examines the particular care required of law enforcement, the forensic sciences community, the legal profession, and the judiciary in a system of criminal justice which. has moved so dramatically from “confessiortal evidence” to evidence based prosecutions which are heavily dependant upon forensic analysis, and particularly upon DNA profiling.