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Daubert and other cases decided in the 1990s (e.g., Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993; General Electric v. Joiner, 1996; Kumho Tire v. Carmichael, 1999) require that judges base admissibility decisions for forensic scientific evidence on its scientific validity as opposed to relying entirely on its general acceptance in the professional community. Research shows that judges do not fully understand the Daubert factors, admitting evidence that is scientifically flawed and excluding evidence that is valid…