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AAFS 2015: News from its Board of Directors: The American Board of Forensic Odontology complaint opposing forensic reform is quashed
Radley Balko @radleybalko · Just in: The AAFS board of directors has dismissed the ethics complaint against csidds that I mentioned here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/02/13/how-the-flawed-science-of-bite-mark-analysis-has-sent-innocent-people-to-jail/ … My Comment: Much thanks to the AAFS Executive Board of Directors. “I am pleased that the AAFS Board … Continue reading
A Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions …….. POLITICS !?
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
[Editor’s note: this piece has been very difficult to write. I’ve been working on it for months, and have deliberated about publishing it at all; I think because the objective it advocates is so…
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AAFS 2015 Expect live streaming on @csidds on Science and Law
I will be live reporting from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Orlando annual meeting this week. Expect some interesting commentary about Forensic Reform and wrongful convictions associated with members of the AAFS. Follow me on my Twitter account @csidds. … Continue reading
The destructive path of bitemark analysis
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Get your forensic science certificate cheap AAFS 2015
AAFS 2015 Get your forensic expert certificate cheap. Raise your status to expert level for court admissibility. One day workshop. http://www.abfo.org/bitemark-workshop
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Last ditch efforts to stay another execution in Texas. Plus a new series from the Washington Post on resistance to forensic reform.
A last minute effort to stay Rodney Reed’s execution in TX is based on new expert review of erroneous Time of Death opinion at the conviction trial. The litigation is led by the Innocence Project. There is a petition to the … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…
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In NY, the wrongfully convicted petition for prosecutorial oversight Colorado to consider eyewitness lineup reforms In Japan, will wrongful convictions be catalyst for criminal justice reform? With a judge’s order throwing out his murder…
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Murders in the South. 4000 Lynchings revisted.
Unspeakable but must be remembered.
Forensic Science Mess-ups, Cover-ups and Worse: Cheating DA Affect Murder Case: Recognition for CSIDDS Book:
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
RECOGNITION FOR THE BOOK Forensic Testimony. Science, Law and Forensic Evidence. I had something to do with it. BAD FORENSIC NEWS Caption: Memorial in front of burned out city…
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Forensic Science Mess-ups, Cover-ups and Worse: Cheating DA Affect Murder Case: Recognition for CSIDDS Book:
RECOGNITION FOR THE BOOK Forensic Testimony. Science, Law and Forensic Evidence. I had something to do with it. BAD FORENSIC NEWS Caption: Memorial in front of burned out city hall Forensics experts slam Mexico’s 43 missing students probe A team of … Continue reading
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