The latest episode of "The UMB Pulse Podcast" will be released Friday, Nov. 4.
Shows like "CSI" have made forensic evidence flashy, brought to TVs with cases wrapped in under an hour. Some types of forensic evidence, like pattern matching, aren't as reliable as what a TV show might make it appear to be, and it's a challenge to address the reliability of certain pattern matching evidence in courtrooms, according to Maneka Sinha, JD, associate professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Sinha goes in-depth on one area of her research addressing ShotSpotter — a gunfire detection technology used in Baltimore and in cities across the U.S.
Listen to the episode at umaryland.edu/pulse, or search and subscribe to “The UMB Pulse” on Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.