Commentary on: Budowle B, Bottrell MC, Bunch SG, Fram R, Harrison D, Meagher S, Oien CT, Peterson PE, Seiger DP,Smith MB, Smrz MA, Soltis GL, Stacey RB. A perspective on errors, bias, and interpretation in the forensic sciences and direction for continuing advancement. J Forensic Sci 2009;54(4):798-809

In their recent article, A Perspective on Errors, Bias, and Interpretation in Forensic Sciences and Direction for Continuing Advancement, Bruce Budowle and his coauthors address many issues of current interest in forensic science, from ethics to statistics (1). We applaud their attempt to initiate a discussion that might foster further development of an over-arching strategy for enhancing the forensic sciences. We hope to contribute to that discussion by commenting on their treatment of our proposal for sequential unmasking procedures (2) designed to minimize bias resulting from domain-relevant information presented prematurely to the examiner.