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County judge thinks ‘bitemark guidelines’ show that it is still a “science’
Here is another great example of a criminal court taking the weak way out by using the 1923 Frye Rule thereby allowing any bitemark expert who belongs to a relevant ‘scientific community’ to talk to the jury during a murder … Continue reading
Appeal court actually uses Daubert to overrule use of non-science assumptions
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Its all about scientific support, or lack there of in the appellate halls of North Carolina. DWI ‘extapolations’ of BA to assume alcohol ‘eliminating’ phase at time of…
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Appeal court actually uses Daubert to overrule use of non-science assumptions
Its all about scientific support, or lack there of in the appellate halls of North Carolina. DWI ‘extapolations’ of BA to assume alcohol ‘eliminating’ phase at time of testing take a hit. Thanks to GGWolk
Further details about “possible” forensic investigation in Tuam mass graves in Ireland
Here we go with experts and some police ‘sources’ talking about the logistics of excavating graves and looking at DNA from the public as “references” for DNA extraction and profiling from the remains. Various directions need to be established. $$ … Continue reading
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When convictions are used as scientific ‘proofs’ by experts -Scientific American
I’m wondering if a “scientific” american might be considered un-patriotic by some in the Beltway micro-climate. The US Attorney General likes the word “anecdotal” to describe CJ social science looking at police behavior. One problem is that he dry-labbed the … Continue reading
Forensics: Subverted for-profit publishers in professional publications – Watch out
This is nasty. Forensic students should beware of these dangerous waters within “publish or perish” industry and academia. Some recent communications from companies involved in academic publishing have some journal representatives worried. In one instance, a manuscript editing company offered … Continue reading
Forensic Anthro: Computation look at the human pubis for aging unknown remains
There’s always room for a little humor, right? Taking a new look at the changes over time of the two pubic bones. Fundamental work in the pre-digital era done by forensic anthropologist Judy Suchey at the U of Fullerton in … Continue reading
Forensics in NY State: Police fail to pursue rape testing regulations
They must be doing ‘broken windows’ surveillance instead. A recent NY Division of Criminal Justice Services report shows that 220 of 586 police and prosecutorial agencies have missed a February reporting deadline for providing information about untested sexual assault evidence … Continue reading
Irish police refuse to investigate mass child graves regarding cause of death and abuse
The Irish Garda surely must have a soothsayer on call to predict the outcomes of exhuming hundreds of unidentified children. They have figured the deaths to have all been natural as it would be ‘difficult and highly unlikely’ to determine … Continue reading
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Tagged forensic identifications, human identification, police ineptitude
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Forensics: “Massive parallel” DNA meant to map twin suspects’ entire code to ID perp
This is looking for a needle in the genomic haystack in order to tell identical twins apart. Actual rape case where genomic mapping looking for chromosomal mutations playing a huge role. The commercial German lab’s methods appears to have had … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA profiling, Forensic science, lack of forensic validation
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