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Case highlights harmful impact of flawed FBI hair testimony
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
The Guardian has effectively put a human face here on the tragedy of the FBI’s admission this week that its agents presented flawed testimony in almost every trial in which they testified against criminal…
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Veteran DNA analyst’s editorial in the NYT about what brand of forensics are needed to prevent bogus forensic testimony
Eric Lander has been around a long time. His experience in criminal courts shows in this NYT letter. Article ========================================================== More on hair experts from the FBI scandal and their students. Read how their testimony in multiple cases, saying things … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…
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State of Mississippi to make pay outs in more than a dozen wrongful conviction cases Pennsylvania Innocence Project wins new trial for woman convicted 42 years ago on flawed arson science Charges dropped against…
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15 Forensic Scientists fired from government jobs – Cheating
This is what’s going on in New York’s state lab. There’s also a strange internal dispute about a new “controversial” DNA profiling method. Im looking for more info on that. Can anyone out there elaborate? http://m.timesunion.com/news/article/State-Police-suspends-13-more-DNA-scientists-6214374.php NYT editorial letter about … Continue reading
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The dawn of US forensic science had a few peculiar bedfellows
Taking at look at 1904 to the present regarding science and non-science accepted as such. Includes SBS, phrenology, eugenics, gun powder, bullet lead, ear prints, fiber, bitemark and hair matchers. Law professors Saks and Koehler urge that its “time … Continue reading
“CSI is a Lie” and the Innocence Project’s video response to questionable and faulty US forensics and police labs
The Innocence Project’s Chris Fabricant, the Director of Strategic Litigation, presents its determination to lead and support forensic reform in the US Criminal Justice Systems. US Senator Blumenthal has choice words for bitemark analysts. The scope of the piece is … Continue reading
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FBI Admits Flaws in Hair Forensics
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From the Washington Post: The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence…
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Incredible damage done by FBI hair examiners
Reading this will explain the effects of flawed forensic ‘science’ when 28 FBI examiners expound a method that had no basis of validity. This article associates bitemark examiners as also being considered faulty and specious ‘forensic’ evidence. There have been … Continue reading
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Humanitarian efforts of forensic experts studying Holocaust sites as crime scenes.
Looking into the Holocaust recovery as forensic investigations. Article. Opine piece about forensics not being able to prevent wrongful convictions. That, to say the least, is debatable. Faulty or misleading forensics is a major factor in causation. Article. Police ‘use … Continue reading
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Forensic Fallacies: pattern matching ‘science’ experts sounding convincing but hide a long history of faking what they say
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
This article is about how forensic experts who sound convincing to juries shape their images as ‘scientific’ by misinformation and resorting to desperate measures to mislead the US…
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