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Can We Trust Crime Forensics?
A FLAMIMG MAGICIAN DETECTING THE REAL CRIMINAL (NOTE THE DISPARATE PARTICIPANTS OF THE LINEUP). From the Scientific American Aug 18 2015 The bloom is certainly off the flower, when the SA starts publicizing the mythologies contained in the corners of forensic … Continue reading
DNA tech’s reference semen DNA or sloughed skin shows up in 2014 super sensitive profile of 1984 murder case
Police used a lie detector on an over cooperating retired crime lab tech to concoct a “confession” that is nothing of the sort. This story is dominated by overarching confidence from San Diego law enforcement that “DNA always gets our … Continue reading
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Tagged botched police theories, crime labs, Forensic science
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“New” FBI DNA stats changes likelihood of mismatch frm 1:Billion to 1:100
Earlier this year the feds said revamped stats of DNA mixtures would make nary a blip in final crime lab results. Texas DPS found that to be a mega overstatement. The product rule strikes again. Texas DNA results
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Sept 16 2015 The “bite mark magicians” take on the TX Forensic Sci Comm
No consequences for bite mark experts helping convict innocent defendants.
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175 innocent men have been on death row in the US
Read about Richard Glossip in Oklahoma. http://www.innocenceproject.org/news-events-exonerations/barry-scheck-urges-oklahoma-governor-to-stay-glossip-execution
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TX lady prosecutor denies failures to follow Brady rules, stating nothing withheld was exculpatory
Now, should we believe her? Her conviction case was remanded for a new trial. Of course the DA’ s office is appealing the lower court’s judgement of wrongdoing. Her admitting that material was withheld from the defense in the original … Continue reading
8 exonerees’ first days of freedom
Learn from this glimpse into the lives and experience of returning to society after years in prison. First days of freedom
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From the Archives: U.S. Mississippi Death Row Case Faults Bite-Mark Forensics
By ERIK ECKHOLM SEPT. 15, 2014 NEW YORK TIMES In one of the country’s first nationally televised criminal trials, of the smirking serial murderer Ted Bundy in Florida in 1979, jurors and viewers alike were transfixed as dental experts showed how … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
From The National Science Foundation–A new perspective on police interrogations… Connecticut will pay $4 million to former corrections officer Lawrence J. Miller for wrongful conviction… From the LA Times–Clashing courts: Law restricts federal judges’…
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Forensic Mummy investigations : Nefertiti’s boy friend?
I have been involved in mummy identification with the Los Angeles J Paul Getty Villa “Red Shroud” collection in Malibu, so I have a soft spot for looking into the past health issues and skeletal conditions of those long past … Continue reading
