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Rampant Prosecutorial Misconduct in the US: A Short Media Review
This is a mere sip in the ocean of info on this subject. At a glance, the cases are many, but any semblance of consistent judicial penalties are few. Prosecutorial misconduct occurs when a prosecutor breaks a law or a … Continue reading
The use of multi-national forensic recovery experts in the AIR ASIA incident
Note: The first lesson from this specific incident is: DON”T SHOW THE BODY RECOVERY IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA My mass disaster experience is similar with news copters hovering over the ocean recovery site until authorities established prohibited airspace for civilian … Continue reading
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Slap Shot At Over Blown Forensic Experts
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Forensic Science Is Not CSI, in Ferguson or Anywhere Else – HuffPost Politics http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6356740?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics&partner=skygrid
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Slap Shot At Over Blown Forensic Experts
Forensic Science Is Not CSI, in Ferguson or Anywhere Else – HuffPost Politics http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6356740?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics&partner=skygrid
Judge tosses out two types of DNA evidence used regularly in criminal cases
Judge tosses out two types of DNA evidence used regularly in criminal cases – Forensics in Focus EXCLUSIVE: Justice Mark Dwyer has ditched the results of low copy number DNA testing and Forensic Statistical Tool from the cases of Andrew … Continue reading
Junk Forensic Science Shows Up at the 2015 American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting – Again
Forensic science fails in specific controversial areas of wherein “classic” investigation methods, never brought forth by the scientific method, are still posing as “business as usual.”. Think of the “matches” you hear about on TV. Ignore DNA and Toxicology. This is … Continue reading
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,200 times in 2014. If it were a … Continue reading
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New strategy in exoneration litigation: The Nullification of Innocence
Nothing is ever over in exoneration litigation, be it from exonerees’ difficulties in re-entering society, or when some DAs and police, with help from their lawyers, continue to chase after the men and women who have wrongfully endured imprisonment from … Continue reading
Illinois police dept and experts’ defense theory attempts to thwart legally innocent man’s compensation suit.
Let nothing surprise you when lawyers are involved in opposing litigation involving wrongful conviction disputes. There is a civil case in Illinois, that has an exonerated man, Bennie Starks, suing the Waukegan police department and their 2 member panel of … Continue reading
Another Shaken Baby Syndrome Acquittal
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
An Iowa District Judge has dismissed the case against Peter Ranke, who was accused of injuring his 3-week old baby by shaking. And further, the judge sharply criticized the diagnosing doctor for mishandling the investigation…
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