None that I talked to
felt they were infallible or claimed that handwriting was as unique
as fingerprints, but they enjoyed the benefits of that illusion.
"Both tape recordings and polygraph (lie detector) evidence
is not allowed in courts. The so-called expert testimony of
doctors, psychiatrists, as well as various technical expertise
such as fingerprint and document analysis is. Deus ex machina
is evidently not looked highly upon by judges, possibly because
they allow no other gods before them in their courtrooms.
"Court certification of a document examiner means that the
court has accepted their training and experience. This is seldom
checked and is fairly loosely defined by the profession itself.
It does not indicate a perfect batting average for the examiner.
"Most analysts that I contacted said that if they were hired
in this case, they would want to examine all of the critiques--
not just the handful picked out by NERD. There is always the chance
of there being another individual with similar handwriting
in that many samples.
"They admitted there were people capable of forging the handwriting
of another person.
Pages:
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144