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NY Times: “DNA Analysis Exposes an Inexact Forensic Science” + Bitemark Cases
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
For over 2 decades, the US press has used “inexact” in writing about certain forensic methods which are used to convict criminal defendants. Bitemark experts included. Here is…
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New Junk Forensic Science comes your way from Alabama
Nothing says ‘forensic science’ better that the state of Alabama. Its evidentiary statutes and case law (stare decisis) contains convictions later overturned by DNA. And, its District Attorneys (Hi there, Steve Marshall, from Marshall County, ALA) allow forensic experts to testify like … Continue reading
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Conviction Integrity Units – A Skeptic’s Perspective
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
Anyone who has followed me at all on this blog must know that, as a group, prosecutors are not my favorite people. But it’s almost, kind-of not their fault. It’s just that the position…
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News Release: Crime lab ‘scientist’s’ pushback against last week’s “Using Faulty Science” op-ed scientists Kafadar and Mazza
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
This deserves a special blog post this morning. A new protector of forensic science integrity has emerged into public view. His rhetoric is familiar and attacks the op-ed I reposted…
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News Release: Crime lab ‘scientist’s’ pushback against last week’s “Using Faulty Science” op-ed scientists Kafadar and Mazza
This deserves a special blog post this morning. A new protector of forensic science integrity has emerged into public view. His rhetoric is familiar and attacks the op-ed I reposted last week from two researchers involved with forensic statistics and the National … Continue reading
DNA should not be collected in misdemeanor cases – LA Times
This is an example when legislative intent leaves out common sense in its effects on ‘fighting crime.’ Less than three months ago, California voters adopted Proposition 47, an initiative that reduced six felonies to misdemeanors. By far, most of the affected … Continue reading
$9.2 Million Awarded in Wrongful Conviction that Underscores FBI Forensic Problems
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
February 28, 2015 – Yesterday Washington D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal E. Kravitz ordered $9.2 million be paid by the District to Kirk L. Odom, 52, in compensation for more than 21 years of…
Junk Science takes a hit from the Mississippi Supreme Court : Plus real and fake forensic research
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Junk Science takes a hit from MS?? Incredible. Finally. There has been a very long forensic credibility battle in that state with its ex-non-certified pathologist at the epi-center.…
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Forensics and Crim Law : Self deluded US Federal courts and Prosecutors still ignore Junk Science
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
There is no better judicial micro-climate than Mississippi to study the self-contradictory and illegitimate misuse of unvalidated forensic opinions in the US. This story describes dubious forensic sciences…
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