Category Archives: AAFS
Forensics: A Study in Scarlet: Where Fact Meets Fiction – The Anatomy Lab
Burke and Hare, ground-breaking Medical Jurisprudence, and Conan- Doyle. A Study in Scarlet: Where Fact Meets Fiction – The Anatomy Lab — Read on surgeonshallmuseums.wordpress.com/2020/04/17/a-study-in-scarlet-where-fact-meets-fiction/amp/
Posted in AAFS, Crime, criminal justice, forensic pathology, Forensic Science, forensic testimony
Tagged Sherlock Holmes
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Forensics: NYPD to use non-peer viewed nor tested DNA test data to create ‘virtual mugshots’
Whatta load of junk. Cops continue to use back-room “forensic” methods for judges to admit and prosecutors to use in criminal courts. Trash forensic science. Snapshot” phenotyping analyzes the genetic content of DNA — like a person’s skin tone, eye … Continue reading
Forensics: More than half of all wrongful criminal convictions are caused by government misconduct, study finds – The Washington Post
Plus forensic evidence provided by junk or exaggerating “experts.” Their mistakes are largely ignored by their fancy titled colleagues. Undoing their harmful effects takes decades or may be impossible. Many factors contribute to wrongful convictions of people, including withholding evidence … Continue reading
Forensics: As wrongfully imprisoned man is exonerated, attorneys announce launch of bite-mark conviction reviews | Florida
The bitemarker American Board of Bitemarks (sic: Forensic Odontology) has lied in promising to assist in these ne novo conviction reviews. They actually have purged their “hidden” records. 2x. A bunch of creeps. I can’t fathom why the Medical Examiner … Continue reading
Forensics: “Yeoman”Testing of rape kits from Southwest Missouri produces first DNA ‘hits’
Huh? The Missouri attorney general’s office has received its first DNA “hits” through the testing of previously untested rape kits, part of an ongoing initiative to clear the state’s backlog. — Read on http://www.joplinglobe.com/content/tncms/live/
Forensics: Trump lied about science | Science
A celebrated science journal (since 1880) runs through the WH’s host of lies. Trump lied about science | Science — Read on science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/09/11/science.abe7391
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, junk forensic science, Medical errors
Tagged covid 19, genocide, pandemic, Trump
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Forensics: San Francisco District Attorney To Probe Forensic Lab Analyst’s Work
The lab guy was arrested and an evidence bag from the SFPD crime lab. He had 8 years of crime lab casework that will be reviewed for mismanagement or worse. SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — Read on http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/District-Attorney-To-Probe-Forensic-Lab-Analyst-s-15561768.php
Forensics: Amsterdam Research Initiative for Sub-surface Taphonomy and Anthropology (ARISTA) – A taphonomic research facility in the Netherlands for the study of human remains – ScienceDirect
A simply brilliant idea! Amsterdam Research Initiative for Sub-surface Taphonomy and Anthropology (ARISTA) – A taphonomic research facility in the Netherlands for the study of human remains – ScienceDirect — Read on http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073820303455
Posted in AAFS, Forensic Science
Tagged Anthropology, remote sensing for human remains, taphonomy
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Forensics: The controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminals
Typical situation. Privacy vs police. Parabon Nanolabs shot to fame using DNA and genealogy analysis to solve cold cases. Then it had to change tack. — Read on http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02545-5
Posted in AAFS, CSI, DNA profiling, Forensic Science
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Forensics: Psychology. A look at the psyche of DJTrump by @davidfrum: So Trump has confirmed in his own voice that he was not self-deluded about Covid-19.
Thread by @davidfrum: I made this point w @AriMelber tonight am still brooding on it: So Trump has confirmed in his own voice that he was notluded about COVID. He knew the danger – and still opted to do nothing … Continue reading
