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The Prosecution Wants to Introduce the Following Evidence in a Rape

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The prosecution wants to introduce the following evidence in a rape case:
•Pubic hair recovered from the victim during "rape kit" exam
•DNA test results based on semen recovered from the victim during "rape kit" exam
•Testimony of a forensic psychologist that the defendant committed the crime The defense attorney wants to prevent the forensic psychologist from testifying. What should she do?


A) Object to the forensic psychologist's conclusions because no laboratory tests were conducted.
B) Object because the rape perpetrator profile that the forensic psychologist is using has not been recognized by any professional association of psychologists.
C) Object because the analysis done in this case was not recognized at the time of the Daubert decision.
D) The defense attorney needs to win all three of these objections in order to prevent the forensic psychologist from testifying.

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