Constitutional Inadequacy of Police or State Experts's Assistance

The failure of state experts to meet requirements of the Kentucky and United States Constitutions is evident:
 
What Entitled to by Due Process; 
Section 2; Section 11
   Experts Who Work for the Police or the State
1. Qualified professionals in all relevant disciplines 1. Not qualified for some purposes (e.g., neurology)
2. Who competently perform the work according to accepted methodologies  2. Fails to do work comprehensively due to limited resources, or statutory limitations
3. Who affirmatively evaluate defense issues & defenses   throughout the litigation phases, e.g., mental status, cause of death, voluntariness, mitigation  3. Unable or unwilling to look at all that is relevant to defense, e.g., all mental states (intoxication, EED), fails to interview all necessary witnesses, unfamiliar with mental history, unwilling to look at what is mitigating
4. Who marshal evidence for the defense at direction of  defense attorney 4. Unable or unwilling to help marshal defense or evaluate at direction of attorney
5. Who help cross-examine prosecutor's experts 5. Unable or unwilling to help cross-examine prosecutor's experts; conflict of interest to question colleague's work
6. Who rebut state's experts 6. Unable or unwilling to rebut state evidence; conflict of interest
7. Who do the work confidentiality  7. Unable or unwilling to provide confidential help,
  conflict of interest
8. Who provide meaningful access to justice 8. Unable to justly present his side through the expert
9. Who owe a duty of loyalty to the defense  9. Whose loyalty is to neutrality or the state, not to the defense or the defendant

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