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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Top 9 examples of what junk forensic science is all about
Video Shows Controversial Forensic Specialist Michael West Fabricating Bite Marks via HuffPostCrime Australian grad student says she can narrow down bullet lead components to specific companies = 97% accuracy. So what? The FBI decommissioned “bullet lead” (actually a misnomer) a … Continue reading
Forensics Case of the “Time Traveling Medical Examiner” plus the “Forensic Avoidance Syndrome”
I will lead off with the “peripatetic in time” Mississippi non-forensic pathologist Steven Hayne’s continuing mis-steps in finding ways to express himself in an academic manner. Which nevertheless, always seems to lead to a conviction for murder. A new friend … Continue reading
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Forensic Integrity Units: A call to the AAFS for an audit of bitemark cases which have led to false convictions and incarcerations
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
I have a brief editorial and then this week’s lineup of news links. For most of us, a defendant’s “right to a fair trial” is a sacrosanct right “arising”…
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FBI hair comparison fiasco proves non DNA innocence cases are viable, when forensic science advances
CSIDDS JUST ARRIVED AT 7,000 VIEWS. THANKS FOR FOLLOWING! There are some who think that only DNA testing after criminal convictions can generate an exoneration. Well, that is not exactly true. The FBI has admitted that their decades long use … Continue reading
Forensics : NL experts and Interpol in Action: MH 17 Forensic Recovery Update and More….
+AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister, “Evidence-tampering on an industrial scale” at MH17 crime scene. *Interpol DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) team and NL team begin initial MH17 victim processing outside rebel Ukraine territory. 200 body count does not match pro- Russian statements on … Continue reading
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FORENSICS: Time to Look Back 5 years. Scientific Status and NRC (NAS) Comments in “Identification from Bitemarks”
Nothing can more chilling than what is going on in forensics over the last 5 years. Certain national forensic organizations have and are still being investigated by US federal, Congressional or executive agencies or committees. Certain forensic disciplines are … Continue reading
Bitemarks and Wrongful Executions: Law Prof Considers the Connection
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
A law professor has an impressive blog post that elaborates on the dangers of bad forensic science leading to executions of innocent defendants. Read it here. He also…
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Forensic Integrity Units: A call to the AAFS for an audit of bitemark cases which have led to false convictions and incarcerations
I have a brief editorial and then this week’s lineup of news links. For most of us, a defendant’s “right to a fair trial” is a sacrosanct right “arising” from the US Constitution’s 6th Amendment (i.e. the Bill of Rights). It … Continue reading
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Forensic Science White Wash: Why do US forensic associations continue to ignore the risks of more erroneous convictions ?
Answer: Its not in their agenda to admit mistakes and they most assuredly hate criticism. The National Commission on the Forensic Sciences is the effect of the AAFS and other groups in failing to initiate their own investigations of these … Continue reading
Bitemark Case Law: The Judicial failure by accepting bitemark experts as “qualified to identify” defendants
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
“Bitemark Identification” acceptance stems from this list of appellate cases starting in 1975 (Marx). This is a short list of the seminal cases (allowing the jury of decide…
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