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Monthly Archives: September 2013
An Exoneration and Outdated CSI Forensics Equals a BAD Day for Two Forensic Science Experts
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
The topic of personal liability for forensic expert witnesses has been around for a couple of decades. I am not talking about an expert being sued by his/her…
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Costs of wrongful convictions
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
The financial connection between wrongful convictions and the costs to taxpayers is a fairly new topic for media discussion. It is rather localized (a $10 million civil award…
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Forensic Testimony: More bad results from government run crime labs: Forensic Science
Government crime labs fail to maintain standards and reliability. From the ABA Journal. http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/crime_labs_under_the_microscope_after_a_string_of_shoddy_suspect
Posted in criminal justice, CSI, Forensic Science, forensic testimony, wrongful convictions
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Judge believes the “Flat Earth” bitemark believers: Forensic Science
This judge uses a NY case ruling called the Frye standard, created in 1923, to allow bitemark comparisons into his court as “science.” http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202618278480&In_Pivotal_Test_NY_Judge_OKs_Bite_Mark_Evidence&slreturn=20130806185424
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Forensic Testimony: when the pathologist gets things very wrong: Forensic Science
For decades Steve Hayne was the go to guy for Mississippi prosecutors like Forrest Allgood of Noxubee County. Both have a long record of involvement in wrongful convictions and questionable theories and opinions on a defendant’s guilt. Allgood has the … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Forensic Science, Bitemarks, criminal justice, CSI, expert testimony, Forensic Science, forensic testimony
Tagged Capital punishment, Criminal Justice, Defendant, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, Noxubee County, Noxubee County Mississippi, Steve Hayne
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Forensic Testimony: PBS/Frontline: Forensic Science
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Chicago pays out more $ for wrongful convictions: Forensic Science
Chicago has reached $66 million in payouts on wrongful convictions this year. Read full article.
After an exoneration: Cops find the right perp: Forensic Science
After the wrong guy goes to prison, police use the DNA brought forth by the CWC and pops the right guy. http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77263625/
Forensic Testimony: Hired Guns or …..what? / Forensic Science
Judges to not have the tools to counteract the effects of biased experts. See PBS/Frontline/CSI http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/real-csi/can-juries-rely-on-forensic-experts/
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