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Monthly Archives: November 2016
After scandals, Omaha campaign includes move to an independent crime lab
Publicity about police crime lab goofs or worse do have a negative effect on confidences in lab enforcement’s activities. Politics in Omaha includes its’ forensic lab. Related: Independent crime labs could help stop forensic fraud The coming fight over independent crime … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime and Justice, crime lab scandals, forensic science misconduct
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Crime lab driving while drunk expert gets the boot.
North Texas Forensic Scientist Removed from Cases http://www.wbap.com/2016/10/31/north-texas-forensic-scientist-removed-from-cases/ Related info. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2016/10/14/thousands-dwi-cases-potentially-risk-credibility-dps-lab-expert-questioned
NY County Prosecutor accused of doing the dirty deed in 15 drug cases
This looks bad in the press and I bet the judge won’t be happy either. Withholding evidence in 15 cases? excerpt from Syracuse, Cayuga county, NY. AUBURN, N.Y. – Tyrone Matthews could’ve been sentenced to 23 more years in prison … Continue reading
News release: STRmix allows defense attorneys access to their source code
The writer on this blog post , John Buckleton provides interesting and valuable details regarding additional information on peer review and judicial acceptance of this DNA software. He is a co-developer of STRmix, a NZ government employee and has stated … Continue reading
Forensic “stickiness” in the News
NIST (US government science and tech forensic researcher and funder) announces a new look into the physical world of properties’ “stick” and “strain.” “the mechanical properties of four types of evidence: hair, documents, fingerprints and explosives.”
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Tagged CSI, forensic research, forensic research grants, Forensic science
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Gun crime labs micro-critique of the PCAST report
The Association of Firearm and Toolmarkers [AFTE] focus on defending ballistic matching via alluding “black-box” studies (one of PCAST’s references) are not representative of the entire group. They also point to in-house reliability testing as a substitute. Overall, this public statement … Continue reading
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Tagged ballistics, criminal justice, scientific method in forensics
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Jury looking at exaggerated forensic opinions – a strong bias results
A law prof tries a simple way to explain what PCAST is concerned about. He also includes the following: [Brandon Garrett at Va. Law’s Faculty Q&A] Few studies had been done examining how jurors appreciate some of the most commonly … Continue reading
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