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DC DNA lab suspension ALL political
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Having already blogged on DC lab director Max Houck getting axed by a combination of a DA and the mayor, this open statement by Jay Seigel confirms the…
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The inane responses of dentists who describe themselves as “skin-reading” experts
Originally posted on Forensic Odontology – Bitemark Evidence:
This is a guest post by Dr. Michael Bowers The non-scientific dental discipline known as bitemark analysis has only a few dogmatists left, who deny its well-known status as a forensic train…
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Internal personnel discipline in a state’s # Forensics crime lab is revealed with some names included.
A view into how a state’s DOJ crime lab disciplines itself. It seems appropriate considering the facts given in this article.
The Shifted Paradigm: Forensic Sciences’s Overdue Evolution from Magic to Law
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
Chris Fabricant and Tucker Carrington have posted the above-titled article on SSRN. Download here. The abstract states: A decade ago a controversial article in Science Magazine predicted a coming “paradigm shift” that would push…
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Courts are unprepared for this: The Conundrum of Outdated #Forensic Science and Recanting Experts
From the Marshall Project 5.28.15 In the spring of 2013, the Texas Legislature passed a law that was hailed as the first of its kind in the country. The law expressly allows the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals to grant a … Continue reading
Excellent Canadian article on problematic forensics
This is a great piece which echoes others involved in forensic science reform. One statement rings true regarding juries/judges having to interpret exaggerating and conflicting experts. m.thestar.com/#/article/news/crime/2015/06/12/why-its-so-hard-to-keep-bad-forensics-out-of-the-courtroom.html?referrer=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FGmxX8xrGfu
Posted in Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, CSI, DNA profiling, exoneration, Exoneration costs, expert testimony, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform, forensic testimony, junk forensic science, National FOrensic Science Commission, police crime labs, Ray Krone bitemark case, US Crime labs, wrongful convictions
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US forensic group’s new research explodes its own credibility. They then stumble into the denial and blame game. Again.
The Watch Radley Balko April 8, 2015 A bite mark matching advocacy group just conducted a study that discredits bite mark evidence In February, I posted a four-part series on the forensic speciality of bite mark analysis. The series looked … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bite Marks, CSI, expert testimony, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias
Tagged AAFS, ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, Criminal Justice, forensic examiner error, junk forensic science, National Commission on Forensic Science
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Examples where Forensic language and the media lead to misinformation and confusion for juries.
How things have changed? The term “similar’ used in fiber analysis case. http://www.forensicmag.com/news/2015/06/forensic-scientist-testifies-fibers-victims-hair-similar-distant-carpet But then another case uses “unique” to describe a broken car headlight. http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/forensic-expert-certain-car-on-cctv-belonged-to-sheffield-man-accused-of-murder-1-7305526 What the “CSI effect looks like on “Bones” TV show. Accuracy in forensics not a … Continue reading
Texas releases another death row inmate | The FBI ‘conspires’ with the Innocence Project on Forensic Reform
Misconduct by prosecution authorities is jus t one of the contributing causes of wrong convictions. Texas leads the nation in exonerations. Read about another man taken off death row. As a rebuff to what some US forensic dentists write about regarding “conspiracies” against … Continue reading
Propaganda piece by embattled forensic dentistry group published by CA Dental Association.
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
An opening statement. To be honest, this ABFO generated material is nothing new. What is typical, along with the personal attacks, is the absence of meaningful point-by-point discussion of…
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