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30 years since 1984 + (in)famous medical examiner gets a jolt of reality from MS appellate court. @radleybalko
30 years since 1984. Pissed off mayor calls SWAT Raids for Parody Twitter Accounts. “Sure, Why Not? SWAT Raids for Everybody! .” A judge said the warrant was PC justified due to “personation (has to do with voter fraud, whatever. ) … Continue reading
A “Cone of Silence” protects junk forensic science and allows it to survive in criminal courts.
Today’s subject is a brief look back at how pattern evidence from bruised human skin got into the case law of every state in the US. Its not a pretty process, as I describe below. Scientists learn from their past … Continue reading
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Time runs out for an innocent man trying to get compensation for 23 years in prison, plus Forensic News
1) The court system is quick to convict and interminably slow to correct prosecutorial mistakes and worse: The Watch @WPTheWatch We need to fix how we compensate the wrongly convicted. 2) A somewhat hilarious yet sadly true exposition on the civil … Continue reading
Confessions of a forensic science whistleblower : Its not what you think
Per se, the title “whistleblower” does not apply to me. I do not work for a governmental or public company. I am a health care provider. I am self employed. I have the “physician do no harm” philosophy as my … Continue reading
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Editorial on New York Times article about Faulty Bitemark Forensics
The September 15, 2014, New York Times exclusive on the failure of bitemark identification resurging in a MS death penalty case describes a botched bitemark method by one practitioner, that until 2013, was recognized by the forensic organization mentioned in the article. … Continue reading
Good forensic science. Bad forensic science. Dangerous forensic science. Plus other stuff.
Today’s New York Times exclusive on the failure of bitemark identification resurging in a MS death penalty case. “Startling gap between “CSI” and certain forensic science.” PBS Nova program. KY: Prosecutor’s office focus of criticism from defendant. ADA lied to judge … Continue reading
Forensics : Prosecutorial misconduct, exonerations and the Politics of Criminal Justice
From the Wrongful Convictions blog: “Prosecutorial arrogance and tunnel vision” plus more CJ and its politics http://wp.me/p2224n-4NX via @WrongConvBlog Not another one! But the best version I’ve read about this serial case from the 1880’s. “Forensic Scientist Claims To … Continue reading
Forensic News with some real strange events
Taking evidence interpretation to a whole new level: The lawyer who shot himself proving his case http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28805895 … Pure conjecture at this point: James Foley killer ‘unmasked’ by U.S. forensics http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/08/27/James-Foley-killer-unmasked-by-U-S-experts-.html … via @AlArabiya_Eng ?? about shooting = DOJ probe … Continue reading
Forensics : Research suggests that bitemarks used to prosecute in child abuse cases have lower pattern details than those bites seen in wrongful convictions.
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
(updated 2:16pm 7-17-2014) Research on bitemark opinions: Bites on kids have lower pattern details than in bites used in wrongful convictions used by prosecutors. Authored by myself and…
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#Forensics : “What the Mike Brown 3 autopsies can and can’t say” + Obstacles to Other #Ferguson Forensic Outcomes
I have posted in my previous blog various comments and postings of forensic topics related to the events in Ferguson Mo. As of today, no more details have been released by the multiple state and federal agencies having multi jurisdictional … Continue reading
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