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【摘 要】 本文阐述了相关的法律判例和科学哲学原理，讨论了法律和科学中对待证据的不同方法，认为现行标准不能满足诉讼证据的目的。最后提出了完善可采性标准的建议，主张走向以相关性作为唯一根据的可采性标准，并辅以针对可靠性问题的陪审团指示，这样有助于事实的审判者得到最准确的结果，会减少那种支持某特定阶层诉讼当事人的偏见，并消除因将科学规范应用于诉讼证据而产生的困惑。

【关键词】 科学证据;可采性标准;相关性

【中图分类号】 D915.13

【文献标识码】 A

【文章编号】 1674-1226（2011）05-0600-15

Admitting Doubt: A New Standard for Scientific Evidence. Translated by Zhang Zhong. Key Laboratory of Evidence Science (CUPL),Ministry of Education, china

【Abstract】 The paper firstly describes the relevant legal precedents and philosophy of science principles.Then it discusses the different treatment of evidence in law and science and argues that current standards fall short of fulfilling the purposes of legal evidence. Finally, the paper sets out the proposed standard. It insists on moving to a solely relevance-based admissibility standard and adding jury instructions on reliability. That would assist the triers of fact in reaching the most accurate results, will decrease the bias in favor of certain classes of litigants, and will reduce the confusion that results from applying scientific norms to legal evidence.

【Key Words】 Scientific evidence, Admissibility standard, Relevance