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Monthly Archives: August 2021
Forensics: Drug test used to find drugs in prison inmate mail. Mass. defense attorneys say drug test falsely flags client mail | Reuters
The plantiffs attack includes claims that the Sirchie LLC product is absolutely junk. Similar complaint to police on-scene drug testing problems due to false positive reacts to commonly found substances. A group of defense attorneys and prison inmates filed a … Continue reading
Forensics: Commercial medical drug tracking algorithm mistakes. The Pain Was Unbearable. So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away? | WIRED
Nothing suprizing here. It tracks dog and cat Rxs as well. Cops use it. I dodged a bullet having 5 sick French bulldogs. A sweeping drug addiction risk algorithm has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. … Continue reading
Forensics: Law Prof Maneka Sinha pulls no punches. What’s Wrong with Forensic Science? Everything. “Junk dressed up as scientific analysis.”
One word for this law review paper. WOW!! 👏 What’s Wrong with Forensic Science? Everything, Says Paper | The Crime Report — Read on thecrimereport.org/2021/08/11/whats-wrong-with-forensic-science-everything-says-paper/
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice reform, CSI, expert testimony, forensic evidence exaggeration, forensic fraud, Forensic Science Bias, Forensic science misconduct, junk forensic science, wrongful convictions
Tagged forensic science resistance to change
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Forensics: Bitemarks. Michigan governor Witmer and Innocence community shares how faulty forensic science leads to wrongful convictions
A task force created this year by Governor Gretchen Whitmer continues to meet each month to come up with recommendations and best practices for how forensic science work is used, conducted and assessed in the criminal justice system. — Read … Continue reading
Forensics: Despite USDOJ claim of ballistics “quasi-science,”Auditor to review DC ballistic crime lab’s compliance with 2011 law creating independent forensic agency
The troubled D.C. crime lab is getting another probing: This time by the Office of the D.C. Auditor. — Read on wtop.com/dc/2021/08/auditor-to-review-dc-crime-labs-compliance-with-2011-law-creating-independent-forensic-agency/
Forensics: Unknown DOJ Prosecutor writes policy statement ignoring scientific commissions’ years of critical review.
Another hit piece by government lawyers claiming scientific scrutiny of police science is unscientific. Weird. Democracy Forward and the Union of Concerned Scientists say the Trump-era statement is biased, inaccurate, and runs afoul of federal law. — Read on theintercept.com/2021/08/08/forensic-science-reform-justice-department/
Forensics: Opinion | Why we can’t trust the states to prevent wrongful convictions – The Washington Post
Reformist prosecutors are showing how the system’s preference for “finality” thwarts the interests of justice. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/why-we-cant-trust-states-prevent-wrongful-convictions/
Forensics: Junk science gets support from DOJ Statement Pushing Dubious Forensic Science Is Challenged by Advocates
Democracy Forward and the Union of Concerned Scientists say the Trump-era statement is biased, inaccurate, and runs afoul of federal law. — Read on theintercept.com/2021/08/08/forensic-science-reform-justice-department/
Forensics: Dubious Death of Texas Man at Cancun Resort Ruled an Accident But Family Says Post-Mortem Photos Raise More Questions
Just hours after Elijah Snow and his wife Jamie arrived at Royalton Chic Suites, where they planned to celebrate 10 years of marriage, Elijah’s body was discovered wedged inside a tiny window at a nearby resort. — Read on http://www.insideedition.com/death-of-texas-man-at-cancun-resort-ruled-an-accident-but-family-says-post-mortem-photos-raise-more
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Tagged death investigatons
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FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends 