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Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.Young Forensic Scientists : Are you learning about the FS Reform issues?
There is a trend within the forensic science media is the that the millennial generation is ripe to populate and continue the glory of crime detection. I certainly experienced a version of that in the 1970’s (all before CSI, but … Continue reading →
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The impending reversal of the “CSI effect: 24000 forensically compromised convictions gets ignored
41,000 conviction cases. 24,000 are comprised. In ONE state. Significant web-buzz is counter balancing the “Law and Order” industry’s (police, prosecutors, police crime labs, and various Crim Justice talking heads) howling that their self-assessed forensic integrity is just fine. Well, … Continue reading →
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Warning to Millenials: The Justice Dept. doesn’t care if junk science puts you in prison. They will put you away.
20 somethings are at risk from the over blown confidences of prosecutors’ bragging that they can bring bogus evidence against you in criminal courts. Putting innocent people in prison.
More Time of Death finagling by Orange County LEOs
This falls in the same category of recent news from the CA_Innocence #FreeTheCA12 clients. 8 are still in prison. Kimberly Long and Bill Richards experienced the same kind of time of death scamming. Here’s what’s going on in Orange County … Continue reading →
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Here’s a criminal lawyer’s worst nightmare: Hiring a forensic expert with a faked resume.
Interesting story for a few reasons: The opposing expert was a cop and thought this defense expert’s CV looked suspicious. This in itself isn’t unusual. Fact-checking an expert is a rather basic act by both sides in court cases. I’ve … Continue reading →
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“Stated more simply, no sane human being could find them guilty,” CA_Innocence
California’s governor Jerry Brown needs to tell that to Kimberley Long and the remaining members of the #FreetheCA12 still in prison. Kimberley is a victim of exaggerated pathology confidence in determining a murder victim’s death. That’s all that was needed … Continue reading →
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Calls for limits on ‘flawed science’ in court are well-founded: A guest post
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
From: The Washington Post A White House advisory council on Tuesday issued a report urging federal prosecutors and judges to tread cautiously around forensic science on bullet markings, bite marks, tire tread marks and…
Blogging the war on forensic science reform; “unsupported and misleading”
Projections and accusations of deceit, lying, financial gain, and undermining the criminal justice system are now flowing through the media from law enforcement types who are pointing at “forensic science reformists” getting viral positive attention in the press and legal … Continue reading →
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It’s put up time for the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to act on bitemarks
Some folks are holding their collective inhalation about what the AAFS will do after the recent PCAST demolition of bitemark analysis. The President’s Science Council invoked the same rationale used by the National Academy of Science’s “Forensic Sciences…A Path Forward” report in … Continue reading →
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Prez advisors warn: halt convictions based on pseudoscience
Originally posted on Appellate Squawk:
Galileo tries to persuade the Inquisition to look at the Moon through a telescope. A mysterious Deep Throat, known only as Dr4ensic, has leaked a draft report from a Presidential commission warning that courts are…
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