Monthly Archives: January 2023

Forensics: Prosecutor wants a news gag order. Court to decide whether to release Sask. Saulteaux sisters during wrongful conviction review of murder case

Posted on January 16, 2023 by csidds

Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance, who have spent 30 years in prison for a crime they say they didn’t commit, are hoping to obtain conditional freedom as the federal government reviews their second-degree murder convictions. — Read on http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/quewezance-sisters-judicial-review-hearing-second-degree-murder-1.6709406

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Forensics: @radleybalko puts the spotlight on police misconduct. Roundup: Pittsburgh chief says city cops will ignore ban on trivial traffic stops; QI gone haywire; a horrifying jail death in Arkansas

Posted on January 15, 2023 by csidds

Here’s your roundup of criminal justice and civil liberties stories: Pittsburgh police chief says officers will continue to make trivial traffic stops despite a city ordinance barring the practice, because it’s good for officer morale. Which, frankly, is a pretty … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Inept Austin crime lab results in Supreme Court Reverses Texas Court Decision Based on Prosecutor’s Admission About Flawed Forensic Evidence

Posted on January 14, 2023 by csidds

Supreme Court has reversed the denial of relief to a Texas death-row prisoner whose request for new trial is supported by local prosecutors. The Travis… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/supreme-court-reverses-texas-court-decision-based-on-prosecutors-admission-about-flawed-forensic-evidence

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Forensics: Amazing. Josh Tepfer Pioneers Mass Exonerations For Wrongfully Convicted

Posted on January 12, 2023 by csidds

Josh Tepfer has helped exonerate 288 people, many of whom were convicted based on patterns of misconduct by corrupt police or officials. — Read on http://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/josh-tepfer-mass-exonerations-wrongfully-convicted

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Forensics: 2022 Innocence Project Photo Highlights

Posted on January 10, 2023 by csidds

innocenceproject.org/10-striking-photos-that-perfectly-capture-the-innocence-projects-highlights-of-2022/

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Forensics: Botched DNA from crime lab. Areli Escobar’s execution to be reconsidered after Supreme Court order

Posted on January 10, 2023 by csidds

Areli Escobar was sentenced to death in 2011 for an Austin murder, but even prosecutors now agree his conviction relied heavily on faulty DNA testing by the discredited Travis County crime lab. — Read on http://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/09/areli-escobar-texas-execution-death-row-supreme-court/

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Forensics: The dark side of proficiency testing forensics examiners.

Posted on January 10, 2023 by csidds

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Forensics: Resource challenges impact post-mortems as bodies pile up from murders, accidents | Jamaica

Posted on January 8, 2023 by csidds

For 400 metres, the sight was pure horror. Chunks of human flesh, mangled, torn and pasted on the asphalt with blood that had gone muddy, littered the St Catherine leg of the North/South Highway. Initial reports were that the victim, … Continue reading →

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Forensics: #NamUs. 65% of unknowns are POC. Texas man killed and dumped in Saginaw River in 1973 finally identified via DNA evidence

Posted on January 6, 2023 by csidds

Texas man killed and dumped in Saginaw River in 1973 finally identified via DNA evidence – mlive.com — Read on http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2023/01/texas-man-killed-and-dumped-in-saginaw-river-in-1973-finally-identified-via-dna-evidence.html

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NamUS: Remains ID’ed as woman missing for decades.

Posted on January 5, 2023 by csidds

Remains found in 2008 were identified as those of Daisy Mae Tallman who went missing in Yakima County in 1987, Washington officials said. — Read on http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article270761112.html

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