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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Michigan crime lab gets slammed ( those damned defense attys) for faking it for $$
Here we go again. Seems that these Mich State crime lab guys, prosecutors and the cops might be incentivising each other to boost felony convictions and their own coffers. “What recently uncovered emails reveal is that the AG’s office, the … Continue reading
Forensics: The White House Office of Sci Tech investigates Bitemark Believers on Jan 15
The Obama Administration offers a potpourri of forensic practitioners at a public hearing scheduled for Jan 15th. Among them is one of the pro bitemark witnesses who pled for mercy before the Texas For Sci Commission a month ago. Here is … Continue reading
Forensics in Thailand shows an ugly lack of fairness in Aussie double murder case.
Here’s another case where human rights and so-called use of “forensic science” have little in common. A notable Thai forensic expert denounces the forensic “proof” left unavailable to defendants’ lawyers in this murder of two Australian tourists. Politics ran away … Continue reading
Bitemarks linked to child abuse arrest
(Note: Regardless of all the digital artwork, measurements seen in this case are not accurate for biter “matching”) The prevalance of bitemark injuries brought forth in child abuse investigations and prosecutions has never been disputed but they have been as … Continue reading
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Flap over showing medical students plane crash photos from MH17
A Dutch medical and forensic professor got slammed by some bureaucrat for lecturing students with the aid of the Malaysia Air plane crash victims’ remains. Apparently some journalists snuck into his professional presentation. The main issue regarding post or ante … Continue reading
Forensics: Fire Science course in TX used to “fine-tune” arson protocols in light of Willingham case.
I’m sure John Lentini, at http://firescientist.com/, who has helped create major changes in arson evidence interpretation throughout the US, has some comments to add on this subject of “human case” analysis advances with fire investigators. http://www.firehouse.com/article/12146450/fatal-fire-investigations-forensic-fire-death-class-in-texas
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How a DA used an “inconclusive” DNA result to imply it supported the victim’s testimony
No one ever denies that criminal trials are merely a war of words supporting implications of guilt or innocence. The experts were not at the crime scene, and neither was the jury nor the judge. That’s what makes victim visual … Continue reading
Forensics: Failed forensic footwear test leads to firing and failed lawsuit against WI DOJ
Talk about a headache for crime lab management. The fired footwear examiner started by alleging the shoeprint exam was flawed to begin with. http://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=24514
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US Air Force Forensic Science consultant killed in Afghan bombing
She was a remarkable person in many ways. Condolences to her family. U.S. Air Force Maj. Adrianna Vorderbruggen, 36, was killed along with five other U.S. military personnel by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle outside Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on … Continue reading
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Another ugly story about how junk forensic science ruins lives in the US
This is the first time I have heard a judge describe junk forensic science as a threat to “public safety.” I use the original Latin phrase……. Salus populi suprema lex “Public safety is the highest law” https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/citing-flawed-forensics-va-governor-pardons-man-who-spent-years-in-prison-in-deadly-arson-fire/2015/12/24/357edde6-aa7d-11e5-8058-480b572b4aae_story.html
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