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Recovery therapy still being used to foster false accusations
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
“The belief that hidden memories can be ‘recovered’ in therapy should have been exorcised years ago, when a rash of false memories dominated the airwaves, tore families apart and put people on the stand…
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More Social Media responses on #Junk #Forensic #Science involving the #AAFS
The topic from my last blog on the unfair composition of the NCFS Working Group on “bitemark science” which poses one legitimate forensic researcher against a platoon of self described bitemark believers has brought more responses from the public who … Continue reading
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Social Media on the US Forensic Sci Commission raises public concerns about a failed “science” in its mist.
Folks in the public sector who have been following the machinations of the bitemark “board” belonging to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences have been disappointed with the makeup and ingrained status quo culture of most members of the NIST … Continue reading
Blacks must wait longer to be exonerated, study shows
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
From The Huffington Post: By Michael McLaughlin It took 18 years for DNA evidence to surface that cleared Derrick Williams of a rape and attempted kidnapping in Florida. Prosecutors had relied on the testimony of the…
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DNA is to blame when certain forensic science orgs get caught with their underwear showing. Again
I am struck with the recent declarations by the NCFS regarding their non-mandatory “solutions” to forensic experts being scientifically “shady” in their testimony. Some folks may ask, “What is the backstory on this? Why is this group (now composed of the … Continue reading
#Forensic #Science #Commission Pushbacks against Junk Forensic Experts
Progress is being made towards Forensic Science Reform. It has taken 5 years to get coordinated (but preliminary) recommendations from organized forensic practitioners since the 2009 NAS Report on “Strengthening Forensics Sciences.” The NAS slammed a fistful of long accepted forensic … Continue reading
Befuddled #Forensic #Science dentists resort to a color chart as a safeguard against their history of faulty convictions
For the life of me, I cannot translate into words, what the think tank (really a kiddie pond) of the bitemark group (the ABFO recognized by the AAFS as an elite forensics certifying board) is now up to. Agronomy? Aborism … Continue reading
What bad DAs ignore about junk #forensic science. The good DAs don’t ignore this stuff.
Take a look at a Forensics in Focus from 2013. None of the major forensics and criminal justice issues have changed. Dentists still testify in death penalty cases as if they were DNA experts. Prosecutors keep hiring them.
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Jack the Ripper DNA ID debunked by Sir Alec Jeffries : #Forensic #experts get sued in $30M wrongful conviction suit
In the world of 2014 forensic news, this story should endup in the top 10. A book writer’s chief science consultant to the claim ole Jack was the immigrant Kominski just took a hit from a number of scientific notables … Continue reading
The truth comes out in #ONR8 David McCallum’s NYC case plus Don’t self medicate and then testify in criminal court
Forensics expert ‘had been on medication’ in the witness box. When a DA and a judge obstruct DNA testing, it doesn’t matter if you are innocent, you stay in prison. Forensic experts under major UK scrutiny. Are juries being blinded … Continue reading
