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“OJ Knife” brings out comments from past players including OJ’s science expert H C Lee
I think Dr. Lee’s quote (after the Court TV re-cap from 2007) indicates he’s curious about how all this could contrast with his own testimony from the original trial. He was an OJ forensic science expert and confabulated most of … Continue reading
Events taking Forensic DNA into disputable areas leads to firings, lawsuits and rancor
Having just returned from the forensic science AAFS annual meeting, all I heard from the DNA people was that their conference was quiet and rather boring. They seemed to prefer sitting in the odontology bitemark session which was SRO. We … Continue reading
Will New SCOTUS Justice weigh in on current immutable protections for wayward prosecutors?
“The Invincible Prosecutor” This is not about prosecutors being harassed for doing an ethical job protecting our society. Its about outrageous absolute immunity currently upheld by a notorious SCOTUS decision in 2011 that protected beyond dubious prosecutorial misconduct as revealed … Continue reading
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UK Chief Jurist tells the forensics and science communities to stop “needless arguments” in court
A UK jurist (President of the UK Supreme Court in London) asks for documents consolidating “science” facts for use in courts to “save time” confusion and “needless disputes.” He mentions patent law as an area which gives judges a treatise … Continue reading
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Wanna comment to the US National Commission on Forensic Science?
The ninth NCFS meeting is March 21 and 22, 2016 They promise to have their copious work product available sometime soon. I hope. Keep looking for it at: http://www.justice.gov/ncfs Written comment acceptance starts on March 7, 2016. www.regulations.gov Written comments acceptance … Continue reading
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Major Forensic News from the DNA Newsletter by the NY Legal Aid Society
Forensics in the News Low Copy Number DNA Testing Continues to be Questioned (NY Times, ABC News) In the wake of Marina Stajic’s lawsuit against the NYC OCME, alleging in part that she was forced to retire because of questions … Continue reading
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The White House pushes forward on further review of FBI pattern and trace evidence testimony
Hair is gone, lead in bullets is out, bitemarks as “fingerprints” has died, graphology disappeared, so what’s next? Alot. Last fall I had pleasant conversation with Professor (Yale) Jo Handelsman from the White House Office of Sci and Tech. We conversed … Continue reading
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International Forensic Science News – Things could be better
International POV on Forensic Medicine as a “dying profession.” No pun intended. http://tribune.com.pk/story/1056144/forensics-day-forensic-medicine-is-a-dying-profession/ “Fundamentally flawed” forensic path opinion in Canada. http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2016/02/28/woman-implicated-by-charles-smiths-flawed-evidence-hopes-for-closure-and-peace.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/maria-shepherd-conviction-1.3468706 Scotland: Sacked forensic fingerprint expert asks for job back. http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2016/02/28/woman-implicated-by-charles-smiths-flawed-evidence-hopes-for-closure-and-peace.html
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Forensics: DNA still relevant in last year’s 149 nationwide exonerations
THE NATIONAL Registry of Exonerations declared Wednesday that “by any reasonable accounting, there are tens of thousands of false convictions each year across the country, and many more that have accumulated over the decades.” The researchers found that only 17 percent … Continue reading
#AAFS2016 to showcase scientific proofs that bitemark IDs are not reliable
This article highlights the research of Mary and Peter Bush at the U of Buffalo which will again be presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual meeting in Lost Wages, NV. Peter and a few others (including me) … Continue reading
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