Monthly Archives: January 2024

Forensics: Company says all is AOK with this. Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It | WIRED

Posted on January 23, 2024 by csidds

Police around the US say they’re justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that’s a bad idea. — Read on http://www.wired.com/story/parabon-nanolabs-dna-face-models-police-facial-recognition/

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Forensics: Wrap this up and show to all the bitemarkers lecturing at the #AAFS mtg next month. AI discovers that not every fingerprint is unique. EurekAlert!

Posted on January 11, 2024 by csidds

AI discovers that not every fingerprint is un | EurekAlert! — Read on http://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1030475

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Forensics: Only “New Evidence” Allows $$$. Lieing cops and DAs don’t count. Why is Michigan Failing to Compensate the Wrongly Convicted? — ProPublica

Posted on January 3, 2024 by csidds

The state can provide the wrongfully convicted compensation of $50,000 for each year of incarceration, but the law’s narrow criteria and confusion over eligibility leave former prisoners facing another system that seems stacked against them. — Read on http://www.propublica.org/article/why-michigan-failing-compensate-wrongly-convicted-despite-law

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Forensics: Tell this to all the Indian academic bitemarkers and lip print gurus. A need to define forensic expertise- The New Indian Express

Posted on January 3, 2024 by csidds

In France, experts are often selected by judges from lists published by the courts. — Read on http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2024/jan/03/a-need-to-define-forensic-expertise-2647232.html

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