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Forensic lab autonomy in Mexico way ahead of US counterpart labs managed by police
Police have no jurisdiction in Mexican forensic science laboratories and investigations. DNA crime scene collection is done by civilian investigators. Fascinating. My county has made at least four attempts, in the last 30+ years, to put the Ventura County ME’s office … Continue reading
Michigan crime lab gets slammed ( those damned defense attys) for faking it for $$
Here we go again. Seems that these Mich State crime lab guys, prosecutors and the cops might be incentivising each other to boost felony convictions and their own coffers. “What recently uncovered emails reveal is that the AG’s office, the … Continue reading
Forensics: The White House Office of Sci Tech investigates Bitemark Believers on Jan 15
The Obama Administration offers a potpourri of forensic practitioners at a public hearing scheduled for Jan 15th. Among them is one of the pro bitemark witnesses who pled for mercy before the Texas For Sci Commission a month ago. Here is … Continue reading
Forensics in Thailand shows an ugly lack of fairness in Aussie double murder case.
Here’s another case where human rights and so-called use of “forensic science” have little in common. A notable Thai forensic expert denounces the forensic “proof” left unavailable to defendants’ lawyers in this murder of two Australian tourists. Politics ran away … Continue reading
Bitemarks linked to child abuse arrest
(Note: Regardless of all the digital artwork, measurements seen in this case are not accurate for biter “matching”) The prevalance of bitemark injuries brought forth in child abuse investigations and prosecutions has never been disputed but they have been as … Continue reading
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Forensics: Fire Science course in TX used to “fine-tune” arson protocols in light of Willingham case.
I’m sure John Lentini, at http://firescientist.com/, who has helped create major changes in arson evidence interpretation throughout the US, has some comments to add on this subject of “human case” analysis advances with fire investigators. http://www.firehouse.com/article/12146450/fatal-fire-investigations-forensic-fire-death-class-in-texas
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How a DA used an “inconclusive” DNA result to imply it supported the victim’s testimony
No one ever denies that criminal trials are merely a war of words supporting implications of guilt or innocence. The experts were not at the crime scene, and neither was the jury nor the judge. That’s what makes victim visual … Continue reading
Forensics: Failed forensic footwear test leads to firing and failed lawsuit against WI DOJ
Talk about a headache for crime lab management. The fired footwear examiner started by alleging the shoeprint exam was flawed to begin with. http://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=24514
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Forensics: Cross exam of a crime lab DNA tech gets high marks for drama
This case has some excellent insight into how a defense attorney finds a crack in a lab tech’s QA protocols [ she spit on a DNA sample] and then tries to blow up all the other work-product used by the … Continue reading
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Tx Forensic Sci Commission gets kudos for driving bitemark analysts to ground
Well, its not just the bitemarker zealots being scoured by the Tx Commission as mentioned in the January issue of Texas Monthly. But, its title is “False Impressions” and its headpiece image is the above closeup of some badly busted … Continue reading
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