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EVERYBODY Is Supposed to Tell the WHOLE Truth in Court ……. Right??
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
The genesis of this post was the recent action by the US 9th Circuit in California, in which the court recommended perjury charges against a prosecutor who had lied to the court. Please see…
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Executed Todd Willingham faced a stacked deck during his trial: Lying informant and junk forensic fire science
Todd Willingham in 2004 “I lied on the man (Willingham) because I was being forced by John Jackson to do so,” Webb said, according to the Marshall Project. “I succumbed to pressure when I shouldn’t have. In the end, I … Continue reading
Manhattan DA Melissa Mourges redacts 2009 NAS Forensic Report to mislead Frye hearing judge
Following with my previous blog’s theme of prosecutorial misconduct, here is a recent standout in the NYC courts’ process of determining science-affirmed expert testimony versus ‘forensic’ claptrap of a baser kind. This story exposes how lawyers bend facts to suit their … Continue reading
California Bar Asso hires its ethics “trainer” from a list of ex prosecutors prone to misconduct charges
It never fails, that when prosecutors get into trouble they get promoted and make more money. A safety net surely does exist in California for some lawyers. This seems to come from the top of the food chain, as the … Continue reading
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Bite mark expert defends his methods as good for the court system without scientific validation
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Use this as a counter-point to the recent Associated Press investigation on the failure of bite mark comparisons as a reliable forensic science. Over at the Bite Marks…
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Who says politics isn’t in Forensics? DAs in DC expect too much from DNA lab
DNA mixtures (multiple person DNA blood samples) interpretation disagreement raises DC prosecutors to backlash against respected DC crime lab director Max Houck and his $200 million facility. He says different statistical methods produces varying opinions and he has setup a … Continue reading
THe NIST Forensic Science Commission Lays an Egg with its Bitemark Study Group. Now its hatching.
OSAC Subcommittee on Ondontology (sic) The original source of this NIST information is here. Other than originally mis-spelling ODONTOLOGY, this NIST subcommittee (OSAC) on Forensic Dentistry should do well dealing with dental identification of unknown human remains, but in the … Continue reading
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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Tagged Criminal Justice, Forensic science, junk forensic science
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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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