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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Forensics: DNA still relevant in last year’s 149 nationwide exonerations
THE NATIONAL Registry of Exonerations declared Wednesday that “by any reasonable accounting, there are tens of thousands of false convictions each year across the country, and many more that have accumulated over the decades.” The researchers found that only 17 percent … Continue reading
#AAFS2016 to showcase scientific proofs that bitemark IDs are not reliable
This article highlights the research of Mary and Peter Bush at the U of Buffalo which will again be presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual meeting in Lost Wages, NV. Peter and a few others (including me) … Continue reading
Forensics: More accusations of faked NY State Crime lab testing – This time its DNA
Scientists claim New York police forced them to fake DNA tests to convict more suspects Looking closely at the NY State emblem, the lady onn the right, balancing justice, is supposed to be blindfolded. Some say its not really like that. These … Continue reading
Dredging the bottom of Forensic Science, this meeting gives us more bitemarks
Above, this meeting’s theme, overlayed onto the Nevadan sunset, is “Transformation: Embracing Change” In fitting irony, attendees at next week’s American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting in Las Vegas will hear bitemarkers hoping to sway public and professional sympathies against their proposed … Continue reading
Over the top proclamation of shoeprints “almost” like fingerprints
Here is another UK university paid news flash on the use of high tech instrumentation to super-image walking gaits (“unique”) and shoe prints as a “low-cost” means to associate shoes with crime scenes. They also talk about “speeding up” investigations … Continue reading
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Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Forensic science, shoe prints
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NIST $20M funded statistician says there is “no good reason” for bitemark identifications
This continues the US forensic saga and underscores why all the bitemark ID cases are junk opinions. It also contradicts and makes moot the NIST sponsored National Forensic Science Commission’s bitemark committee outcomes. I mentioned at some point in the … Continue reading
Expanding government DNA archives form major debate on involving innocent people
The shadow of “big brother” watching you comes out in print within this piece about massive forensic DNA collection in numerous states. California has the biggest database. “The question is: Do we want the government to have all these genetic … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Forensic science, government dna databases
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Questionable Gunshot Residue from old conviction gives Aussie court a new headache
In the rollup to a new trial against a man previous accused of murder, convicted and then released after 19 years, the focus of misuse or at least the accusations of questionably “researched” forensic evidence is in the headlines. Seems an FBI … Continue reading
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Tagged forensic examiner error, Forensic science, Miscarriage of justice
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UK: A life of fighting crime is not like CSI
Another memoir about chasing the bad guys. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3446240/Legendary-crime-scene-investigator-lifts-lid-gory-gripping-case-files.html
Forensic toolmark and material analysis of Fayum mummy portraits
Having spent some time with one of the Fayum mummies named Herakleides residing at the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA, this video presentation of recent research of similar specimens is truly fascinating. These archeo-forensic folks just rock. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/secrets-2000-year-old-egyptian-mummy-portraits-revealed-through-forensic-technology-1543876
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