Monthly Archives: January 2022

Forensics: experts weigh in on DC crime lab’s next steps

Posted on January 12, 2022 by csidds

Its still politicians vs scientists at this lab in DC. The team of forensic experts advising prosecutors about the troubled D.C. crime lab are urging against District officials’ plan to reinstate some divisions of the agency quickly. — Read on … Continue reading →

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Forensics: False/misleading forensics compose 24% of wrongfully convicted nation wide. Michiganders have lost more than 1,415 years of freedom

Posted on January 11, 2022 by csidds

Deniers of these stats blame the lawyers. Wrongful convictions have led to Michiganders spending at least 1,417 years in prison. Nationwide, exonerees have lost at least 26,289 years to prison. — Read on http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/wrongfully-convicted-michiganders-have-lost-more-than-1415-years-of-freedom

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Forensics: Genealogy DNA. Oak Ridge turns to DNA testing to solve ‘Baby Wyatt Doe’ case | wbir.com

Posted on January 11, 2022 by csidds

The city of Oak Ridge approved a measure on Monday to accept a more than $5,000 grant in hopes of identifying a newborn baby boy found dead in Melton Lake in 2020. — Read on http://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/oak-ridge-receives-grant-for-dna-testing-in-baby-wyatt-doe-case/51-ead00789-8159-4e37-a9e1-f99a4e08f709

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Forensics: Police forensic expert jailed after 3,000 crime scene and post-mortem images found on personal computer

Posted on January 11, 2022 by csidds

Makes me wonder about forensic images saved for kecturing purposes. Darren Collins, 56, illegally accessed images, including those of murder victims, over a four-year period — Read on http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-dead-body-photos-jailed-b1990056.html

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Forensics: Why victims don’t call the police. The American racial divide in fear of the police

Posted on January 9, 2022 by csidds

The American racial divide in fear of the police – Pickett – – Criminology – Wiley Online Library — Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12298

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Forensics: Genetic Genealogy: DNA evidence brings closure to Klamath County cold case | KMVU Fox 26 Medford

Posted on January 7, 2022 by csidds

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Family members of two people who were found dead in rural Klamath County over four decades ago may finally have some closure. In late September of 1978, Cynthia Frayer and Kirk Wiseman were hitchhiking from Eugene … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to End Wrongful Convictions Resulting from Faulty Expert Witness Testimony

Posted on January 6, 2022 by csidds

This new bill strengthens the previous “junk science” bill which was instrumental in the 2016 exoneration of Bill Richards. https://californiainnocenceproject.org/read-their-stories/william-richards/ Bill was convicted in 1997 based on the bitemark testimony of ABFO ex-president Skip Sperber. SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Scott … Continue reading →

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Forensic mystery: Oklahoma lab determining if purse is linked to notorious outlaws Bonnie and Clyde Barrow.

Posted on January 6, 2022 by csidds

UCO’s W. Roger Webb Forensic Science Institute has teamed up with the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum to tackle a mystery involving one of the nation’s most notorious outlaws. — Read on kfor.com/news/local/forensic-mystery-oklahoma-lab-determining-if-purse-is-linked-to-notorious-outlaw/

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Forensics: Lawyer for wrongfully convicted Earl Washington Jr. sues Virginia for withholding lab records

Posted on January 5, 2022 by csidds

An attorney for Earl Washington Jr., who came within days of being executed in Virginia for a murder he didn’t commit, filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against a https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/lawyer-for-wrongfully-convicted-earl-washington-jr-sues-virginia-for-withholding-lab-records/article_9437c8b7-5d4a-52f5-9139-dac8db37cef0.html

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Forensics: Despite OK denying reparations: Remains of 1921 Tulsa Massacre to be identified at DNA lab.

Posted on January 4, 2022 by csidds

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – It was a story from her great-aunt that stayed with Jeanetta Williams. Williams, the head of the NAACP, Salt Lake branch grew up in Oklahoma and her great-aunt was a child in 1921. Back then, … Continue reading →

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