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Monthly Archives: November 2015
UK : Police forced to reopen 350 cases botched by forensics officer who lied about credentials
Stephen Beattie, a senior forensics officer, was suspended and then quit in 2011 after it emerged that he exaggerated his expertise [This ethical transgression was first reported almost 5 years ago. Seems that this forensic review process described below was not a … Continue reading
UK Forensic Science system fading away to nothing : Opinion
Standards of forensic science under threat Quote from this article: “The main difficulty I have in writing about forensic developments in the UK is that there are very few due to the government closing down the Forensic Science Service several … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, CSI, expert witnesses, Forensic Science Service, UK Forensic Science
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TruTV takes on Forensic Science Myths that courts have accepted for decades
The first part of the segment has “Adam [guy on the left] Ruins Everything” electrifying a lie detector examiner. Airing on October 15 2015, the full episode flays the “olde school” forensic techniques still living large in the “CSI” universe. … Continue reading
Ann Bucholtz appointed as Ventura Medical Examiner
The Board of Supervisors approved the appointment of Dr. Ann Bucholtz as the County’s new Medical Examiner today following a closed session discussion. County Executive Officer Michael Powers brought the appointment to the Board. “Dr. Bucholtz is exactly the type … Continue reading
Expert Forensics : Its not a good idea to recalculate your DNA during trial
Re-doing your forensic opinion during a evidentiary hearing in a serial killer (The “Grim Sleeper”) case in Los Angeles” will make EVERYONE very upset. This DNA fellow takes a huge hit from the judge, the prosecutor and his proffering defense attorney. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad forensic science, Criminal Justice, CSI, DNA profiling
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Forensics: How not to stage your own suicide as a racist murder
Coroner Who Ruled Death Of ‘Hero Cop’ A Suicide Talks About Autopsy Process http://www.npr.org/2015/11/07/455159363/coroner-who-ruled-death-of-hero-cop-a-suicide-talks-about-autopsy-process
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Forensics : British custody death inquiry gets messier when a US forensic expert talks to tabloids
Court appointed forensic experts need to keep their mouths shut when involved in police custody death inquiries. In fact, they should stay out of the news throughout any of these so-called “independent reviews” of custodial inmate deaths. The only exception … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Forensic science, forensic testimony
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Russian #7K9268 shoot down victims’ DNA will be compared to family reference specimens : No odontology
Its strange that the Russian officials reportedly will not include odontology (forensic dentistry) in this human recovery event. Dentistry is included in forensic protocols throughout the world. Considering the high fragmentation of the passengers and crew’s remains, the Russian government … Continue reading
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Tagged human identification, mass disaster recovery, Russian Metrojet
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Forensics : DAs mess up their own DNA evidence and judge lets them use it against the defense
Douglas Prade has spent over 29 years in prison, then was released by another judge for 16 months and then re-imprisoned since July 2014 by another judge. The physical evidence (a bitemark) of his identification presented at the original trial that … Continue reading
Forensics : “Outsiders from New York causing problems” in Oklahama and elsewhere
This is not a re run of “Anatomy of a Murder.” Law enforcement protectors in Tulsa are irate that 1) they recently had to pay out $8 million to a wrongly convicted African-American and 2) those damned exoneration litigators from … Continue reading
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