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14 year old executed in 1944 gets conviction tossed, Forensics reform, 1st A rights of a police chief takes a hit, and some forensic research
Forensic reform Statistics and the NIST Committee on forensic science. Apparently each working group (OSAC) gets its own stat person. “This subcommittee will focus on standards and guidelines related to examination of body fluids or tissues for the presence and quantity … Continue reading
Junk Science takes a hit from the Mississippi Supreme Court : Plus real and fake forensic research
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. This battle includes bitemark convictions from his colleague Michael West. Mississippi Supreme … Continue reading
Vigil for the CA 11: Factually Innocent, Families ask for clemency
I attended this candle lit vigil with families of 11 prisoners in Cailfornia prisons. These cases show how false forensic science, inept lawyers and the legal system’s inadequate response to new science needs to be reviewed by Governor @JerryBrown. These … Continue reading
Followup : See who the AAFS/NIST has reviewing junk forensic bitemark “science”
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American Academy of Forensic Science experts and the death penalty
Death sentences: A trail of dubious contributions to justice: questionable and in some cases, erroneous bitemark opinions.
Forensics : Expecting too much from Forensic Evidence does not Guarantee Justice : Plus WORLD Forensic News
30% of DNA exonerations have occurred after suspects’ false confessions. Here is another one out of Buffalo, NY. Conviction is vacated for 2 murders. Forensics : Expecting too much from Forensic Evidence does not Guarantee Justice US. All but 4 European MH17 … Continue reading
Recent Rash of US Exonerations Only the Surface: Many More Remain Wrongfully Imprisoned : Forensic Science contributions
Jeffrey Deskovic, an exoneree himself (NY), writes about the increase in wrongful convictions being overturned in the US from a very personal perspective. He focuses on the root causes of these injustices such as incentivised witnesses (aka snitches), prosecutorial … Continue reading
The Nasty World of forensic dentistry bitemark opinions – Forensic News from the US
The Nasty world of bitemark opinions. At least five cases of forensic lab misconduct in the last 2 years. Some ballistics and trace exams discontinued as “too time consuming.” Most trace is merely associative (not identifying a specific person or … Continue reading
Recent forensic science news and cases from around the world
CASES False hope w/out DNA. Bitemarks hold key to solving Hamilton car park assault case Forensic Experts Identify Remains of One of Mexico’s Missing Students. Forensics Team in Mexico Confirms Remains of 1 of 43 Missing Students- Why are there no … Continue reading
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