Monthly Archives: September 2016

Warning to Millenials: The Justice Dept. doesn’t care if junk science puts you in prison. They will put you away.

Posted on September 29, 2016 by csidds

20 somethings are at risk from the over blown confidences of prosecutors’ bragging that they can bring bogus evidence against you in criminal courts. Putting innocent people in prison.

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More Time of Death finagling by Orange County LEOs

Posted on September 28, 2016 by csidds

This falls in the same category of recent news from the CA_Innocence #FreeTheCA12 clients. 8 are still in prison. Kimberly Long and Bill Richards experienced the same kind of time of death scamming. Here’s what’s going on in Orange County … Continue reading →

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Here’s a criminal lawyer’s worst nightmare: Hiring a forensic expert with a faked resume.

Posted on September 28, 2016 by csidds

Interesting story for a few reasons: The opposing expert was a cop and thought this defense expert’s CV looked suspicious. This in itself isn’t unusual. Fact-checking an expert is a rather basic act by both sides in court cases. I’ve … Continue reading →

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“Stated more simply, no sane human being could find them guilty,” CA_Innocence

Posted on September 27, 2016 by csidds

California’s governor Jerry Brown needs to tell that to Kimberley Long and the remaining members of the #FreetheCA12 still in prison. Kimberley is a victim of exaggerated pathology confidence in determining a murder victim’s death. That’s all that was needed … Continue reading →

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Calls for limits on ‘flawed science’ in court are well-founded: A guest post

Posted on September 26, 2016 by csidds

Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
From: The Washington Post A White House advisory council on Tuesday issued a report urging federal prosecutors and judges to tread cautiously around forensic science on bullet markings, bite marks, tire tread marks and…

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Blogging the war on forensic science reform; “unsupported and misleading”

Posted on September 26, 2016 by csidds

Projections and accusations of deceit, lying, financial gain, and undermining the criminal justice system are now flowing through the media from law enforcement types who are pointing at “forensic science reformists” getting viral positive attention in the press and legal … Continue reading →

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It’s put up time for the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to act on bitemarks

Posted on September 26, 2016 by csidds

Some folks are holding their collective inhalation about what the AAFS will do after the recent PCAST demolition of bitemark analysis. The President’s Science Council invoked the same rationale used by the National Academy of Science’s “Forensic Sciences…A Path Forward” report in … Continue reading →

Prez advisors warn: halt convictions based on pseudoscience

Posted on September 24, 2016 by csidds

Originally posted on Appellate Squawk:
Galileo tries to persuade the Inquisition to look at the Moon through a telescope. A mysterious Deep Throat, known only as Dr4ensic, has leaked a draft report from a Presidential commission warning that courts are…

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Bringing the Prosecutors “kicking and screaming” into the light of scientific standards.

Posted on September 24, 2016 by csidds

Michael Ramos @michaelramos .@ndaajustice will continue to defend our criminal justice system against those who try to undermine ithttps://twitter.com/ndaajustice/status/771802800166694912 … 1:37 PM – 2 Sep 2016 Here’ the stand-off: Prosecutors’ existing forensic standards necessary for them to continue to … Continue reading →

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Junk Science Reigns ____ So Much for True Science in the Courtroom

Posted on September 24, 2016 by csidds

Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
We had hope, back in 2009, when the National Academy of Sciences report Forensic Science in the United States; A Path Forward was published, that there might finally be some remedy for all the junk science…

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Monthly Archives: September 2016

Warning to Millenials: The Justice Dept. doesn’t care if junk science puts you in prison. They will put you away.

More Time of Death finagling by Orange County LEOs

Here’s a criminal lawyer’s worst nightmare: Hiring a forensic expert with a faked resume.

“Stated more simply, no sane human being could find them guilty,” CA_Innocence

Calls for limits on ‘flawed science’ in court are well-founded: A guest post

Blogging the war on forensic science reform; “unsupported and misleading”

It’s put up time for the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to act on bitemarks

Prez advisors warn: halt convictions based on pseudoscience

Bringing the Prosecutors “kicking and screaming” into the light of scientific standards.

Junk Science Reigns ____ So Much for True Science in the Courtroom

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