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FORGET CSI: A Disaster Is Happening In America’s Crime Labs
Media reports about 2 crime lab scandals per month. Its all about “stealin an cheatin and liein” Headline story from April 2014. Its about bungling in crime labs all associated with law enforcement and the criminal justice system. By Jordan Smith … Continue reading
“False or Misleading Forensic Science” and “Official Misconduct” Leading Factors in 1523 Exonerations
The op-ed excerpted below from the HuffPost’s Radley Balko makes the case that prosecutorial misconduct is a major factor in exoneration cases and exists in other criminal convictions. I have added a second category of interest which raises my concern with forensic … Continue reading
Quality of Forensic Training and Education can be Sketchy
Short article on using ISO standards to pick quality continuing education for crime lab personnel. Sometimes what is available may be no more than “I do it this way” approach. This is apparent in the less than science-based presentations seen in … Continue reading
US Crime Lab woes = police indifference + weak budgets + slow results + privatization in some States
Just a cross-section of today’s news feeds on the intersection of crime, crime labs, police and justice. Here are the issues. This entire state’s police force keeps ignoring rape kits. Article from West Washington State. The police and crime lab lost … Continue reading
This is endless. Another DA argues that freedom eliminates a man’s attempt to ID the real rapist.
” The revolving door of criminal justice means that once you are in, you can never get out “- ANON NY Innocence Project attorney, Vanessa Potkin, takes on a DA who objects to post conviction DNA testing of Potkin’s client. … Continue reading
Another DA hopes to support bad Shaken Baby “science” with legal mumbo-jumbo during appeal
Game of Lawyers: Another DA hoping to support bad forensic sciences with legalistic mumbo jumbo. DA to Appeal Shaken Baby Conviction Reversal via @WrongConvBlog The Wrongful Conviction Blog article correctly opines that a higher court’s supporting the banishment of medical support for … Continue reading
Don’t drink the foxglove tea, slow crime lab production and more police involved shootings being investigated
700 year old murder mystery gets a forensic ending. “Evidence data dump” by DA during innocence litigation hearing not ruled misconduct. The judge was not happy. Another DA hoping to support bad forensic sciences with legalistic mumbo jumbo. DA … Continue reading
The unethical rule of politics in the US justice system described as “The Criminalization of Nearly Everything” + Forensic Science News
“The criminalization of nearly everything.” Podcast by journalist Radley Balko explaining the excessive amount and the maze of state and federal laws being overbroad, vague and nearly indefensible for defendants. This system can overwhelm the “presumed innocent until proven guilty” constitutional principle. This … Continue reading
Disposable civil rights when Whites accuse Blacks
Seldom heard stories of lost freedoms caused by white eyewitnesses, police, forensic labs and prosecutors impuning constitutonal rights. This is from the black side of the courtroom. 10 Egregious Cases of White People Falsely Accusing Black People of Committing Crimes
Forensics in Focus @csidds | Feb 24, 2014| Years Old DNA Testing vs Current DNA Testing | A case of first impression?
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
MONDAY FEB 24, 2014 CRIME LABs: New DNA TECH vs “outdated” DNA methods The history of DNA technology, its standards and population statistics use in criminal courts goes…
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