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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Nazi Doctor’s bones hanging around forensic science school in Brazil
The strange outcome of Nazi Josef Mengele’s remains puts him in the middle of forensic training in South America. After WWII, and decades of being hunted by Israel, his hide-out in Brazil was discovered in the early 80’s. These 1985 … Continue reading
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Today’s #Forensics News around the World – 1700 Fingerprints get a re-do.
Florida Fingerprint guy, self-famed as “never wrong,” gets reassigned (to non-forensic duties) and gets a “black eye.” Lawyer says “countless convictions” in over 1700 cases. Ouch. Arizona Skull is “20 to 60 old” according to an anthro’s conservative exam. That’s a … Continue reading
#Forensics: Cops rushing to force collection of fingerprints for iPhone quashed
A federal magistrate judge in Chicago recently denied the government’s attempt to force people in a particular building to depress their fingerprints in an attempt to open any seized Apple devices as part of a child pornography investigation. Ars technica
#Forensic News for Today: Fabricated arson evidence, door knobs, familial DNA traits
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
This case is horrendous. Fabricated arson evidence used against a woman later acquitted of arson gets into court after appellate court opines this rule for the lower court…
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#Forensic News for Today: Fabricated arson evidence, door knobs, familial DNA traits
This case is horrendous. Fabricated arson evidence used against a woman later acquitted of arson gets into court after appellate court opines this rule for the lower court to follow in her lawsuit against LEO authorities. “There must be persuasive … Continue reading
Furor over Criminal Justice Reform after police shootings in California
A gang member in custody for the double murder of his cousin and an officer along with the wounding of another responding officer has brought out emotional statements from police on the subject of sentencing and prison release laws. California … Continue reading
Old men seem to populate the courtroom experts used in the US CJ system
I’ve noticed this for decades while I later became a “senior” myself. Old folks populate the highest level of the American Academy of Arts and Science (and probably the American Academy of Forensic Sciences) who go to court as experts. … Continue reading
Today’s Look at #Forensics from Everywhere
Top 6 universities teaching forensic science in the UK. Dundee in Scotland at the top. Then Keele, Strathclyde, Bradford, De Monfort, Kent. A common British cultural past time. Drinking from calvaria. The Malaysian government defends it’s expertise in handling the Kim … Continue reading
Crime lab scandals reach the UK – Two labbers arrested – 484 cases questioned
Police to review 484 cases after criminal probe launched at private forensics laboratory This affects police work involving toxicology in the UK. The years since demobilization of the government owned Forensic Science Service have not been nice. Standards “have been … Continue reading
Is this ‘fixing’ forensic science? Judge says police crime lab ‘blew it’
In a manner of speaking a judge said that in Boston….. It was that damned news media using that phrase, not the government agency that messed this up. Here is a prime example what is wrong about not requiring police … Continue reading
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