A Forensic Neuropsychologist In Los Angeles Can Be Hired To Provide Expert Testimony In Court

By Marci Glover


A forensic expert can be provided to assist in proving innocence or guilt for prosecuting or defense attorneys. People can lie and get away with it in front of a jury if they are believable. But, DNA and other concrete evidence presented by a forensic neuropsychologist in Los Angeles cannot be disputed.

A scientific expert can test samples of blood, semen and other trace elements to offer indisputable evidence to either prove or disprove the facts. Blood does not wash away, ever. Footprints and tire tracks left in mud, dust or sand can be matched to the soles of a pair of shoes or a specific vehicle.

Other people may wear the same size and brand of shoes. But, each person has a different wear pattern on the soles depending on how the foot is placed on the ground as he or she walks. The heels may be worn on one pair and not on another.

Weeds caught under a car can prove it was driven off the road into the field where a victim was left to die. The owner of the car will need to explain what he was doing driving off road in that particular spot. It shows guilt.

When the owner becomes a suspect, a search warrant will be executed to search the car and trunk. If there is any blood or fluids, a forensic scientist can match them to the owner. Blood is never eradicated. A liquid, Luminol, can be sprayed on the interior and any blood will show up under a special light.

Blood might be typed and proven to match the victim. If there are pet hairs on the victim, those can be transferred into the car and matched to the pet owned by the victim. A bullet is another clue. It will match the gun it was fired from. If the owner of the car also owns the gun, he is implicated in the murder.

Blood type can be identified when it is extracted from the bone marrow of a skeleton. The skeleton can indicate age, gender and ethnicity of the victim. Any dental work or surgical repair to a broken bone can help to identify the victim when matched to known records.

The neuropsychologist is expert at providing a verbal description of brain damage, or preparing an animation of how that inflicted damage has impacted the brain. He or she can also use a brain scan to support or disprove the legal competence of the suspect to stand trial. When combined with other incontrovertible evidence that suspect can then become a convicted murderer.

Services include giving testimony, putting together neuropsychological evaluations, doing reviews of existing cases, doing medical evaluations and consulting with attorneys as a case is put together. The brain animation gives a clear idea of what happened to affect an individuals behavior. Non-scientists such as the judge and jury can understand such a pictorial representation of the genetic defect or injury by seeing the animation.

Such an animation shows all parts of the brain and how any damage has affected the accused persons behavior. There is a saying that pictures are worth more than words. To a jury, this is true.




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