Cultural Expert Can’t Testify In Criminal Case Alleging Forced Labor

(December 18, 2023, 2:19 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge in Virigina agreed to exclude testimony of a sociologist and anthropologist retained as an expert witness by a defendant in a criminal trial who would testify on the topics of Indian and Punjabi culture after finding that her testimony is irrelevant and overly prejudicial....