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Propaganda piece by embattled forensic dentistry group published by CA Dental Association.
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 scientific (i.e. the 2009 NAS Report) and exoneration case evaluation. It also … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, CSI, death penalty, DNA profiling, exoneration, fingerprints, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform, junk forensic science
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Bite Mark “Matching” May Send Eddie Lee Howard to Death Chamber
MS Attorney General’s office thinks Bitemarks are still good to go. So do the bitemark experts. This article is about Howard’s last ditch appeal to the MS Supreme Court. Famous bitemark expert Michael West used his dental expertise to convict him. Another … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, CSI, death penalty, exoneration, Exoneration costs, expert testimony, Forensic Science Bias
Tagged AAFS, ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Forensic science, innocence project, misidentification, wrongful convictions
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SF Police Chief Loses a $2M grant for rape kits. His Crime lab is “maxed out.” Plus Murder around the world.
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
S.F. Police Chief Greg Suhr during a news conference speaks about an audit of the crime lab’s DNA unit, which has come under fire for faking results, as…
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SF Police Chief Loses a $2M grant for rape kits. His Crime lab is “maxed out.” Plus Murder around the world.
S.F. Police Chief Greg Suhr during a news conference speaks about an audit of the crime lab’s DNA unit, which has come under fire for faking results, as well as other police misconduct, at the Hall of Justice, Friday, April … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, Civil rights, Community Dentistry, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, CSI, death penalty, DNA mixtures, DNA profiling, exoneration, expert testimony, forensic misconuct, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, Forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform, forensic testimony, Identification DVI, Innocence March, National FOrensic Science Commission, Perjury by Prosecutors, police crime labs
Tagged AAFS, ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, bitemark, Bitemarks, California Innocence Project, Claim of Innocence, crime labs, Criminal Justice, district attorney, DNA profiling, Exculpatory Evidence, FBI Crime Lab, junk forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, rape kits
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The sometimes nasty world of forensic experts in the US
Here are 3 blogs created by David Averiil from Bitemarks.org which are about how some people will admit that justice eventually must be recognized, even after their fighting at-all-costs-to-win or maintain a conviction. In this instance, its the District Attorneys’ office in … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform, Ray Krone bitemark case, wrongful convictions
Tagged Bad forensic science, Exculpatory Evidence, Forensic science, forensic testimony, Miscarriage of justice, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: 2004 Chi Trib articles about dubious bitemark convictions and bad science that still stand as “justice done.”
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Its been 11 years since this article was published. Its about the DNA vs bitemark case AZ v. Tankersley. The defendant is still in prison. The “bitemark matchers” were ABFO members…
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Read why sanctions for prosecutorial misconduct are a sham | The Veritas Report
In continuing the theme of the US judicial system “healing itself,” this 19 page summary report (published in 2010 by the NorCal Innocence Project; funded by the Veritas Initiative ) on the 1997 to 2009 history of California’s feeble (actually … Continue reading
Forensics: Prosecutor and crime lab workers not immune to civil rights suit: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Nothing much more to say, than, OMG. Everyone expects this to get moved upstream to the US Supremes. They have said “nay nay” to these lawsuits since the Connick v. Thompson SCOTUS decision. (originally from Louisiana). This plantiff is named Armstrong. … Continue reading
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Tagged crime labs, Criminal Justice, district attorney, DNA profiling, innocence project, Miscarriage of justice, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions
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A California District Attorney Gets the Judicial Hammer for Misconduct
There are calls for DOJ to investigate this event. It’s a big scandal. Here is a snippet about the Orange Co Prosecutor’s trail of bad faith actions in the court system. He just got booted from a terrible mass shooting … Continue reading
Efforts to rid court system of outdated and flawed forensic “expertise”
Old Convictions, New Science Texas tackles debunked forensics. This legislative process in Texas reflects how the monolithic (i.e huge) US criminal justice system “repairs” itself. I use the word “repair” very loosely in that people have to be injured, killed … Continue reading
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