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Monthly Archives: April 2015
FBI Admits Flaws in Hair Forensics
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
From the Washington Post: The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence…
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Incredible damage done by FBI hair examiners
Reading this will explain the effects of flawed forensic ‘science’ when 28 FBI examiners expound a method that had no basis of validity. This article associates bitemark examiners as also being considered faulty and specious ‘forensic’ evidence. There have been … Continue reading
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Humanitarian efforts of forensic experts studying Holocaust sites as crime scenes.
Looking into the Holocaust recovery as forensic investigations. Article. Opine piece about forensics not being able to prevent wrongful convictions. That, to say the least, is debatable. Faulty or misleading forensics is a major factor in causation. Article. Police ‘use … Continue reading
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Tagged crime scene analysis, Forensic science, Holocaust recovery
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Forensic Fallacies: pattern matching ‘science’ experts sounding convincing but hide a long history of faking what they say
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
This article is about how forensic experts who sound convincing to juries shape their images as ‘scientific’ by misinformation and resorting to desperate measures to mislead the US…
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Killing off forensic reforms judges one at a time.
Learn how the US law enforcement lobby throws its weight into elections of judges and prosecution harder liners imagining citizen terrorists amongst us all. It insures continuing $$ for policing the “enemy forces” in our society. This is in the … Continue reading
Forensic Fallacies: pattern matching ‘science’ experts sounding convincing but hide a long history of faking what they say
This article is about how forensic experts who sound convincing to juries shape their images as ‘scientific’ by misinformation and resorting to desperate measures to mislead the US judicial system. Since this article was published in early April 2015, the … Continue reading
Read about more prosecutorial misconduct in Ohio
Hiding witnesses from defense counsel and another recanting leads to release of 3 prisoners. Of course this attempt for permanent freedem is pending recharging by the same DA’s Office that lied to convict 20 years ago. http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-32558-free_at_last_free_fo.html
A dysfunctional case of judicial dyslexia useful for a glimpse in wrongful conviction ligitation
By Andrew Cohen from The Marshall Project We know more every day about the ways wrongful convictions happen. An indigent defendant gets an incompetent attorney. Or prosecutors hide exculpatory information from the defense. Perhaps there is a false confession, coerced … Continue reading
Over $100M to torture victims of Chicago cops
The main perp of these crimes spent less than 4 years in prison. Still gets pension of course. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/14/chicago-to-pay-reparations-jon-burge-police-torture-victims/25766531
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Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…
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A prosecutor in Virgnia says the right things and appears to “get it” Great editorial on eyewitness ID reform in Missouri by Rebecca Brown In Ohio, Ricky Jackson and five other death row exonerees…
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