This is a 50 page UBC Law Review narrative on the inadequacies of courts to recognize junk “forensic” experts. Battling Canadian bitemarkers leave a trail of exaggerated claims and criminal case law that is blind to scientific principles.
It is National Missing Person Day, a time when officers in the U.S. will be highlighting unsolved cases in hopes of finding people’s loved ones – or at the very least, bringing them closure.
— Read on www.fox13news.com/news/law-enforcement-across-country-remind-community-of-cold-cases-on-national-missing-person-day
Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office Partners with Othram to Identify a Man Found in 2020
— Read on dnasolves.com/articles/cowlitz-county-jade-david-feigert/
Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh, 54, is accused of fatally shooting 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh and 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh,
— Read on www.courttv.com/news/sc-v-alex-murdaugh-murdaugh-family-murders/
It took five days to crowdfund forensic testing for a 52-year-old unsolved homicide, police said.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/colleen-audrey-rice-found-dead-1971-identified-crowdfunded-dna-testing-police-look-for-suspect/
The disgraced South Carolina lawyer accused of killing his wife and son says blood-spatter evidence from a T-shirt is garbage.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/alex-murdaugh-fights-to-bar-blood-spatter-evidence-from-murder-trial
Forensic pseudoscience introduced into the courtroom has been used to convict and render death on people based on the thinnest of evidence.
— Read on www.currentaffairs.org/2023/01/we-need-to-get-junk-science-out-of-courtrooms
Last week there was a flurry of stories about the discovery of uranium in a shipment of scrap metal. In a highly speculative story British tabloid, The Sun mentioned that the uranium could be used to make a “dirty bomb.” Just how dangerous was the illicit uranium?
— Read on www.acsh.org/news/2023/01/20/uranium-found-heathrow-airport-16819
Remains found in the Iron Ridge section of Carroll County in 2022 are those of a child approximately four to seven years in age according to a report by the…
— Read on www.thecarrollnews.com/news/10242/remains-of-child-found-in-carroll-in-2022
Alysia Adams later told investigators that Ivon Adams beat Athena Brownfield at about midnight Dec. 25, according to an affidavit.
— Read on www.courttv.com/news/searchers-for-missing-oklahoma-girl-find-remains-of-child/
Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats | Science | AAAS
— Read on www.science.org/content/article/unlucky-numbers-fighting-murder-convictions-rest-shoddy-stats
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