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Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.The horror of the missing and unidentified focuses on the Mexican Border
There is a few things to be said on this subject here starting with, in my opinion [ along with others connected with Missing Persons investigations], that the number of unidentified human remains in the US are a massive ‘cold … Continue reading →
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He said, she said, she sues in ballistics lab worker’s defamation case.
This civil case brought by a Georgia crime lab examiner shows us most of the issues surrounding usage of expert opinion certainties of “a match” versus news quotes from other experts and the media’s reporting that must be considered “malicious” … Continue reading →
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CA Prosecutors Who Withhold or Tamper with Evidence Now Face Felony Charges
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
Well ….. it’s about time! This is a “biggy” – a significant step in establishing prosecutorial accountability and exposure to sanctions. California has just enacted a law that exposes prosecutors who withhold or tamper…
Another judge as “gatekeeper” keeps the ball rolling for fibers, oks DNA, and fingerprints
Just another day for a judge allowing certain forensic info into a trial in order to have the jury decide on the ‘scientific facts.’ The biggest ‘if’ I have about this case is the fiber person saying “the same clothing” … Continue reading →
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Continuing information on the battle of #ForensicScienceReform and #WRONGFULCONVICTIONDAY
Edited by Julie Fry Written by Celia Givens Law enforcement officials in at least 4 states have been collecting voluntary DNA samples from people who are not suspected of or charged with a crime Over the past ten years, law … Continue reading →
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Researchers seek to use hair protein analysis as a more reliable alternative to hair microscopy
Ah, the evolution of a forensic news release about a “breakthrough” into the world of validation. It shouldn’t be done afterwards. But as this says, backwards is how bitemarks and hair shaft comparisons got their start. And that turned out … Continue reading →
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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