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More DNA PR on hair from Australia. Why don’t we hear about the data?
Once more, we get a university talking about “great breakthroughs” in forensic analysis. This one is abut collecting “trace” DNA from hair shafts (i.e “shed hair”) which “improves success rates” not seen using prior methods. My main gripe is that these … Continue reading
Update: White House Report on Forensics Science: “Eradicate” the Use of Bitemarks
Update on the Update: More on this today (Wednesday July 22, 2015) from Radley Balko at THE WATCH On Tuesday, July 21, the White House OSTP issued an oral presentation by: Jo Handelsman “Dr. Jo Handelsman is the Associate Director for … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, criminal justice reform, CSI, Forensic Dentistry, junk forensic science
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, Forensic science, innocence project, junk forensic science, junk science, White House
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Forensics: From the New York Legal Aid Society’s DNA UNIT – The latest and the best news
Connect with them @LegalAidNYC A New York Trial Court precludes LCN and FST evidence after extensive Frye Hearing litigated by the Legal Aid Society’s DNA Unit (New York Law Journal)Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Mark Dwyer issued a written decision precluding … Continue reading
Bitemarks in child abuse case reveals how skin injury patterns vary dramatically on a single victim
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
This amazing article documents how human bite marks on a single victim, arguably by one suspect, are extremely inconsistent in pattern, shape of tooth marks and other details.…
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Latest on #SandraBland investigation | From @MarshallProj
What happened inside Cell 95? A Texas official says police are investigating the death of Sandra Bland as a murder, but videotape from the jail shows no one entering her cell during the critical moments before she was found hanged. … Continue reading
Bitemarks in child abuse case reveals how skin injury patterns vary dramatically on a single victim
This amazing article documents how human bite marks on a single victim, arguably by one suspect, are extremely inconsistent in pattern, shape of tooth marks and other details. Here’s a few questions. Would you look at the bite marks before … Continue reading
Justice Kozinski on Lying Police and more on forensic science and CJ “guesswork”
EVIDENCE OF POLICE DISHONESTY LEADS TO OVERTURNED CONVICTIONS NATIONWIDE Here are some quotes from a justice of the US Ninth Circuit of Appeals. Justice Alex Kozinski talks about police misconduct and worse in the Debra Milke case. “The Ninth Circuit … Continue reading
Remains of Nazi anatomy prof’s victims found at French forensic institute
Nazi anatomist’s collection of Holocaust victims “discovered” in France. A horrible period in European history. Human experimentation by the Third Reich and its collaborators. The endless story about untested rape kits leads to Idaho. You can tell LE is predominantly run by … Continue reading
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#SandraBland | Circumstances of a murder staged as a suicide?
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Let’s see if we can start a thread from the forensic community about some of these issues . The family of Sandra Bland, who died while in a…
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#SandraBland | Circumstances of a murder staged as a suicide?
Let’s see if we can start a thread from the forensic community about some of these issues . The family of Sandra Bland, who died while in a county jail in Texas this week, has made it clear that the … Continue reading
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